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which is a repulsion between charges.
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Nowadays we know if you go into the neutron or the proton,
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there are quarks.
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There are forces between the quarks.
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You can ask
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what the force that this quark will exert
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on that quark at a certain separation.
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That was obviously not known to Newton.
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Remember, Newton said F = ma,
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but didn't tell you what value F has in a given context.
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He just said whenever there's an acceleration,
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it's going to be due to some forces