Kinematics - Galileo

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• Analog computer for solving numerical and geometrical problems (e.g. square and cubic roots!) • Topographical works • Note how he describes himself: Nobile Fiorentino, Lettore delle Mathematiche 6
• Contrary to the tradition, <strong>Galileo</strong> never performed the experiment of letting several bodies of different weight to fall from the top of the inclined Pisa Tower. • Instead, he performed experiments with inclined planes, where measuring time intervals is easier. • He says that he measured time intervals by counting his heartbeat, but more probably he did it by singing, as he had learned from his 7 father!
Page 1 and 2: Harry Varvoglis University of Tübi
Page 3 and 4: • He entered the School of Medici
Page 5: • Professor of Mathematics in the
Page 9 and 10: • The distances covered are propo
Page 11 and 12: (From Galileo’s notes) 11
Page 14 and 15: • Galileo presented his first tel
Page 16 and 17: • Mountains and craters on the su
Page 18 and 19: The struckout text, appearing in th
Page 20 and 21: • Galileo suggested the use of th
Page 22 and 23: • 1611: Galileo visits Rome. •
Page 24 and 25: • The solar surface has spots, wh
Page 26 and 27: • It started with Galileo disagre
Page 28: • Discussion with Pope Urbanus VI
Page 31 and 32: • Salviati (“heliocentric"), fr
Page 33: • Galileo is charged by the Jesui
Page 37: • Motion at constant acceleration

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