Ep 86: The Aim of Science
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The Theory of Galalayo and the Theory of Nuton
The parabolic track is not strictly deducible from nuton's theory, unless we add to the latter a factually false initial condition. The acceleration of free falling bodies is never constant; it always increases during the fall. This effect is very considerable if the body falls from a great hight. If we do not admit this assumption, i, even though it is known to be false, then we always get in our lips in contradiction to galalayo's law.
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