It would be nice to know who '''first''' wrote about the [[acceleration]] of falling bodies. I know [[Isaac Newton]]'s f=ma formula from high school physics; but was he the first to assert that a falling body gains more speed steadily, as time goes by? | It would be nice to know who '''first''' wrote about the [[acceleration]] of falling bodies. I know [[Isaac Newton]]'s f=ma formula from high school physics; but was he the first to assert that a falling body gains more speed steadily, as time goes by? |