Re: Galileo's Freefall Experiment

["Tom McCarthy" <TMccarthy@steds.org>]

Thanks!
Tom McCarthy
Saint Edward's School
1895 St. Edward's Drive
Vero Beach, FL  32963
561-231-4136
Physics and Astronomy
-----Original Message-----
From: Joseph Bellina <jbellina@saintmarys.edu>
To: phys-l@atlantis.uwf.edu <phys-l@atlantis.uwf.edu>
Date: Sunday, September 13, 1998 10:37 PM
Subject: Re: Galileo's Freefall Experiment


> My understanding is that he would consider an integrated reality, but you
> might try this message on a list about the history and philosophy of
> science, such as HOPOS
> HOPOS-L@listserv.nd.edu
>
> cheers
>
> On Sun, 13 Sep 1998, Tom McCarthy wrote:
>
> > > From Jerry and Donald's responses, it seems that the aerodynamics of the
> > objects determines whether the results are more like Aristotle's
contention
> > or Galileo's.  This leads to another question.  It seems Aristotle did
not
> > have any idea what air resistance was in the sense of being a disrupting
> > force that could be removed from the situation to show gravity's true
> > behavior.  Does anyone know if the Greek mindset was one where the
> > air/gravity were considered an integrated reality or that there were
really
> > two forces at work, gravity and air resistance?
> >
> >
> > Tom McCarthy
> > Saint Edward's School
> > 1895 St. Edward's Drive
> > Vero Beach, FL  32963
> > 561-231-4136
> > Physics and Astronomy