Newton’s first law of motion was a giant leap forward in scientific thought during newton’s time. even today, the idea is sometimes difficult at first for people to understand.

Which statement best summarizes the importance of ernest rutherford’s gold foil experiment? it proved that all of john dalton’s postulates were true. it verified j. j. thomson’s work on the atomic structure. it showed that an electron circles a nucleus in a fixed-energy orbit. it showed that a nucleus occupies a small part of the whole atom.