This section deals with an experiment similar to one we know Galileo conducted. Trying to determine the rate at which falling objects accelerate posed a problem for Galileo. Timing the fall of ...

that all objects fall at the same rate. It's the kind of story that's easy to imagine, easy to remember, but whether he ever performed the experiment at the tower is debatable. Still, Galileo did ...

Among these must be included the story that Galileo was the first to disprove the alleged statement of Aristotle about the velocities attained by falling bodies of different weights.

Science presenter Jon Chase describes Aristotle’s and Galileo’s theories about falling bodies. With the help ... predict the results of the ball-drop experiment shown in the short film ...