Oh, love. There are butterflies, rainbows, and… science?
As the Valentine's season finally arrives at our doorstep, it is no secret that some of us are in need of a little bit of love. Many of us might feel like… hopeless romantics, but fear not! If you’re looking for a valentine, here’s the magic formula:
At first glance, one might be wondering, ‘Physics is the key to chemistry?’ How exactly does Newton’s Law of Gravitation correlate with falling in love?
In the formula indicated above, m1 is depicted as the mass of Object 1, with m2 as the mass of Object 2 respectively. This will be set to the mass of two people whose “mass” is determined by one’s self-esteem or having a secure identity.
Next, let us set our “F”, which initially stands for force to represent the force of love, or how strong the attraction is.
Following is “G”, which initially represents the gravitational constant, which will be set to the presence of God in every relationship. We all know that God is always needed.
To follow is “r” which initially represents the distance between the centers of the masses, but likewise, will represent proximity and reciprocity. This answers “How often are the two in contact?” or “How responsive are they to one another?”
With this being said, we can now piece the formula together.
First, we can conclude that in every force of love, God is a constant, similar to how “G” or gravity is always a constant.
Next, knowing that the mass of m1 and m2 is directly proportional to force, for two to have a greater force of love, one’s mass, or rather, security in one's identity should be high. At the same time, the lower one’s self-identity is, the lesser the force of love will be. As the saying goes, “To love others, you must first love yourself.” Similarly, the greater the mass of both objects, the greater the force, and the lesser the mass, the lesser the force.
Furthermore, we see “r”, or range come into play, as the further proximity is, the lesser the force of love will be. In the same way, as proximity is indirectly proportional to the amount of force, a closer proximity or distance would increase the force of love. We see this through the “Proximity Effect,” which is one of the factors of attraction according to social psychology. Simply it means that there’s a positive correlation between how often two people spend time together and the attraction between them. Similarly, regarding the force of two objects, the greater the range, the lesser the force.
The idea of Newton’s Law of Gravitation is that any particle of matter in the universe attracts with a force. This force is directly proportional to the product of the masses and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them.
This was a law created by Isaac Newton to explain planetary motion via gravitational attraction in 1687 and was later reduced into mathematical form by Johannes Kepler. Who would have thought that it explained attraction between two humans as well?
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