Question

1. descartes and newton > how did descartes change galileo’s idea of inertia? > what did newton later call this law?

Explanation:

Galileo's concept of inertia was mainly about horizontal motion on Earth - like a ball rolling on a flat surface. Descartes generalized it to motion in any direction in space, making it a more universal property of matter. Newton later called this the first - law of motion, which states that an object at rest stays at rest and an object in motion stays in motion with the same speed and in the same direction unless acted upon by an unbalanced force.

Answer:

Descartes generalized Galileo's idea of inertia from horizontal terrestrial motion to motion in any direction in space. Newton later called it the first - law of motion.