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Galileo's Experiment at the Leaning Tower of Pisa

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http://demonstrations.wolfram.com/GalileosExperimentAtTheLeaningTowerOfPisa

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According to the traditional account, to refute the Aristotelian notion that heavier objects fall faster than light ones, Galileo performed an experiment from the top of the leaning tower of Pisa. He dropped two spheres of different weight and observed ...

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  • I'm pretty sure the balls didn't bounce up again and change in size...

  • @AdamC3046 I don't know if you were being sarcastic so I'm just going to say they didn't. It's just showing you that either ball could be any size and still fall at the same acceleration (gravity).

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  • @ArazAmedy I was being sarcastic. I know what his experiment was.

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