Sentences with phrase «down inclined planes»

So then, your contention is that when Galileo — that investigator so beloved and supposedly emulated by by deniers in other contexts — after having spent much time and effort showing that balls rolling down inclined planes followed a simple x * x equation he could not assume to have found a fundamental process at work?

Instead of thinking in terms of high and low as Aristotle did, Galileo did it by following bodies down the inclined plane at each moment to see if he could find out something new about motion.

Think of Galileo rolling a ball down an inclined plane, or aiming a simple tube, with a lens at each end, at the night sky.

One day his physics teacher wrote an equation on the board that explained the relationship between distance traveled and time1 and then proved it by rolling a ball down an inclined plane.2 Dr. Gates realized that physics could deliver mathematics from the fantasy of his books, comics, and imagination into the real world.

Not exact matches

My philosophy is that if you are stuck on a plane and there is someone conversationally inclined, it is a good idea to put down your novel and learn.