How Galileo Proved which Ideas were False

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During his lifetime Galileo Galilei demonstrated several accepted ideas, about the physical world, of the ancient Greek philosophers, to be false. Three of these ideas were: Bodies fall at a constant rate. Bodies twice as heavy fall twice as fast. The earth stands still while the rest of the universe revolves about it.

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February 23, 2017 at 01:33AM