Newton's work on gravity led to the discovery of the Lagrange point, a place where opposing forces cancel one another out, and a body may remain at relative rest. This is where I am right now; the forces in my life confound one another. Better, for the moment, to be here and now, without history or future. Nick Harkaway
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This quote is a glimpse into the life of Isaac Newton. It illustrates the way his life changed when he became interested in gravity and started to study it. While studying gravity, he began to think about the other forces in the universe. He soon realized that many of these forces were actually related and that they had some sort of gravitational force at their core.

This sent him down a path that led him to discover some of the laws of motion and gravity. Eventually, this would lead to him discovering something else: the concept of the gravitational balance point. A body cannot remain at rest unless it is in motion with respect to another object.

Newton realized that if he could find this "balance point" where two opposing forces cancelled each other out, then a body would remain at rest.

Source: The Goneaway World

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