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Talk:History of science (view source)
Revision as of 02:29, November 21, 2011
, 02:29, November 21, 2011Let's track this down and scoop WP
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? --Ed Poor
: No. It predates recorded history. [[User:RSchlafly|RSchlafly]] 20:59, 20 November 2011 (EST)
: No. It predates recorded history. [[User:RSchlafly|RSchlafly]] 20:59, 20 November 2011 (EST)
:: How would one know that certain knowledge predates record history?--[[User:Aschlafly|Andy Schlafly]] 21:02, 20 November 2011 (EST)
:: How would one know that certain knowledge predates record history?--[[User:Aschlafly|Andy Schlafly]] 21:02, 20 November 2011 (EST)
What I'm trying to track down is the claim that Aristotle and all those ancient Greek philosophers were so "theory-minded" that they never noticed falling objects gradually picking up speed. Any primitive boy watching a waterfall could see that the water falls faster and faster, the longer it falls. How could Galileo have been the first one to observe this?
*He might have been the first to record using a 10x telescope to look at Jupiter, but falling objects? Makes as much sense as dressing up your pomeranian as an elf! --[[User:Ed Poor|Ed Poor]] <sup>[[User talk:Ed Poor|Talk]]</sup> 21:29, 20 November 2011 (EST)