Western Civilization I / Unit 17 WC1 1627 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Galileo's Physics: Inertia Against Aristotle
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The idea
Six years after the Index, Galileo published Two New Sciences of Motion and Mechanics, with inertia and acceleration defined mathematically against Aristotle, who held that motion needed a continuing push. The anchor rates the physics as important as the astronomy.
In practice
Experiments, then formulas.
Where people slip
Less remembered, equally important. The exam may ask.
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