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    • https://phys.libretexts.org/Courses/Berea_College/Introductory_Physics%3A_Berea_College/24%3A_The_Theory_of_Special_Relativity/24.08%3A_Closing_Remarks
      For example, we can only determine the probability that a particle will be at a particular location at a particular time, but we cannot use kinematics and dynamics to predict where it will be at some ...For example, we can only determine the probability that a particle will be at a particular location at a particular time, but we cannot use kinematics and dynamics to predict where it will be at some time based on the forces acting upon it. One can argue that there is beauty in the fact that succinct mathematics can describe a large number of seemingly unrelated phenomena, as Newton’s Universal Theory of Gravity was able to describe both the motion of a falling apple and the orbit of the moon.

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