A 300-year-old law of physics just got outsmarted, by magnets. Scientists proved friction doesn't always play by the rules. Newton would be shaken. For over three centuries, Amontons’ first law has been one of the most reliable principles in physics. Postulated by French physicist Guillaume Amontons in his 1699 treatise De la résistance causée dans les machines, the law states that the force of ... [2878 chars]