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Galileo Galilei - Dropping The Balls
Legend has it that while teaching at the University of Pisa, Galileo Galilei demonstrated to his students that Aristotle was wrong about speed of fall being related to the weight of an object by dropping two items off the leaning tower. This educational video clip is from NASA, showing how Galileo Galilei may have dropped weights, cannon balls, from the leaning tower of pisa.
How Galileo Galilei Demonstrated The Rate of Fall of Objects
Legend has it that while teaching at the University of Pisa, Galileo Galilei demonstrated to his students that Aristotle was wrong about speed of fall being related to the weight of an object by dropping two items off the leaning tower. This educational video clip is from NASA, showing how Galileo Galilei may have dropped weights, cannon balls, from the leaning tower of pisa.
Legend has it that while teaching at the University of Pisa, Galileo Galilei demonstrated to his students that Aristotle was wrong about speed of fall being related to the weight of an object by dropping two items off the leaning tower. Watch this video about Galileo Galilei to learn more.

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