Centrifugal Force (rotating Reference Frame) - History

History

Main article: History of centrifugal and centripetal forces

Concepts of centripetal and centrifugal force played a key early role in establishing the set of inertial frames of reference and the significance of fictitious forces, even aiding in the development of general relativity in which gravity itself becomes a fictitious force.

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