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LECTURE 3
questions before lecture
think about these
- When did Galileo live?
- Who else was alive then?
- What science is he known for?
- What political/social setting did he have?
- Motion is one of the main subjects of physics. Why is it interesting?
- Give a counterexample to the vertical ordering of earth below water below air below fire, and the natural tendency of these four elements to seek their own level.
- Give a counterexample to heavier objects falling faster than lighter ones.
- Give a counterexample to falling objects speeding up as they fall.
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Professor Bernice Durand, bdurand@theory3.physics.wisc.edu.
Revised September 4, 1997.
Content © 1997, Bernice Durand
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