View of Motion

Of Galileo Galilei

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 WHO IS GALILEO GALILEI?

• An Italian Astronomer.
• Discovered Jupiter
through his telescope.
Proposed that Earth is 1564-1642
not the center of the
universe.
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Concept of
Motion
of Galileo

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CONCEPT OF MOTION

AN OBJECT IN A STATE OF
MOTION POSSESSES AN
``INERTIA'' THAT CAUSES IT
TO REMAIN IN THAT STATE OF
MOTION UNLESS AN1564-1642
EXTERNAL FORCE ACT ON IT

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 CONCEPT OF MOTION

Most objects in a state of motion do NOT

remain in that state of motion. Galileo,
realized that the analysis of Aristotle was
incorrect because it failed to account
properly for a hidden force:1564-1642
the frictional
force between the surface and the object.

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 CONCEPT OF MOTION

Most objects in a state of motion do NOT

remain in that state of motion. Galileo,
realized that the analysis of Aristotle was
incorrect because it failed to account
properly for a hidden force:1564-1642
the frictional
force between the surface and the object.

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 Concept of falling bodies
(The law of motion for falling
bodies)
of Galileo

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 CONCEPT OF FALLING
BODIES
It states that objects fall at the same speed
regardless of weight or shape. Through his
experiments, Galileo countered the pervasive
Aristotelian view, which held that heavier objects
fall faster than lighter objects. The distance
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an
object travels, he calculated, is proportional to
the square of the time it takes the object to reach
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 How The Two Scientists' (Galileo
and Newton) Theories Are Alike:

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Galileo's theory of Inertia is what sparked the
idea of Newton’s Laws of Motion. The first law of
motion is what is similar between the two famous
scientists. Galileo's idea of Inertia helps to
understand the origin of Newton's Law of
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Motion.

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Inertia is the resistance of an object to a change
in its state of motion. Newton’s first law states
that every object tends to stay in motion until
an outside force act upon it. They relate because
Inertia and the first law both include forces
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to act
upon it.

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However between Galileo and
Aristotle

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According to Aristotle, heavier bodes fell faster
than lighter bodies, but Galileo realized that all
matter was subject to the same laws of motion
and that all bodies would fall or accelerate at the
same speed provided differences in friction or
wind-resistance were eliminated.1564-1642

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