The scientist who formulated the laws of motion is Sir Isaac Newton. He presented his three laws of motion in 1686 in his work Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica (Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy)

. Newton's three laws of motion describe the relationship between the motion of an object and the forces acting on it:

• The first law (law of inertia) states that an object at rest remains at rest, and an object in motion continues in motion at constant speed and in a straight line unless acted upon by an unbalanced force.
• The second law states that the acceleration of an object depends on the mass of the object and the force applied.
• The third law states that for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction

Newton's formulation unified previous ideas and laid the foundation for classical mechanics, profoundly influencing physics and science overall