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→Galileo's experiments dropping objects?: dropping rocks from the leaning tower of Pisa is now regarded as false
(It's completely clear that he does understand falling, accelerated motion, and air resistance in a modern way...)
(It's completely clear that he does understand falling, accelerated motion, and air resistance in a modern way...)
: I believe that the story about Galileo dropping rocks from the leaning tower of Pisa is now regarded as false. I don't know why everyone attacks Aristotle so much on this point, because heavier objects really do fall faster when air resistance is considered. [[User:RSchlafly|RSchlafly]] 17:57, 5 May 2007 (EDT)
I guess what I'm leading up to is that if nothing else is recorded about those experiments, the sentence should be reworded just a bit, something like
I guess what I'm leading up to is that if nothing else is recorded about those experiments, the sentence should be reworded just a bit, something like