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: The "scientific revolution" is a big myth. The article describes use of the term. [[User:RSchlafly|RSchlafly]] 16:10, 10 May 2007 (EDT)
: The "scientific revolution" is a big myth. The article describes use of the term. [[User:RSchlafly|RSchlafly]] 16:10, 10 May 2007 (EDT)
::Science did not "begin" with Galileo or Bacon or any one man. The idea of testing a theory about physics or astronomy, by comparing it with real-world observations, however, was not in vogue in 16th century Italy. Aristotle passed on at least one piece of dogma, i.e., the idea that the speed of falling objects is in proportion to their weight. It's not true for very dense, very heavy things like metal cannonballs.
::It was not until the Renaissance that anyone did enough experimentation and observation to discover that falling objects pick up speed with each passing second. A cannonball which falls for 3 seconds will hit the ground at 90 feet/second (but you'd have to drop it from 140 feet for it to have that much time to fall). But a cannonball which falls for only 2 seconds will hit the ground at 60 feet/second after falling 65 feet. And a cannonball dropped from a height of 16 feet will hit the ground at 32 feet/second. You can drop a 5-pound, 8-pound and 10-pound cannonball together, and they'll hit the ground at almost exactly the same time. You'll hear a badadum sound as they hit within a fraction of a second. --[[User:Ed Poor|Ed Poor]] 16:26, 10 May 2007 (EDT)