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EPISODE · Nov 29, 2018 · 21 MIN

The case against Galileo on the law of fall

from Opinionated History of Mathematics · host Intellectual Mathematics

Galileo is praised for his work on falling bodies, but his arguments were dishonest and his trifling discoveries were not new. Transcript In 1971, Apollo 15 astronauts conducted a famous experiment on the moon. Here’s a bit of the original recording: “In my left hand I have a feather. In my right hand a hammer. … Continue reading The case against Galileo on the law of fall

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