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Re: Galileo's Freefall Experiment



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
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Physics and Astronomy