Aristotle

Galileo emphasized the concept of inertia, stating that an object will remain in its state of motion unless acted upon by an external force. This was in contrast to Aristotle's view that objects naturally come to rest due to their inherent tendency to seek their "natural place."

A model is never wrong; it is merely more or less useful. In celestial navigation we continue to use the geocentric model of the Sun, Moon, stars and planets, because it makes the mathematical calculations much easier. (I spent 3 years teaching celestial navigation for the U.S. Air Force's Interservice Navigator Training School at Mather AFB, Sacramento, CA.)

For anything beyond low-earth-orbit, the geocentric model does not represent reality in any meaningful way, and is not useful.

Aristotle did not directly contribute to the discovery of the speed of light. The speed of light was first measured by Ole Roemer in the 17th century using observations of Jupiter's moon Io, and later refined by other scientists. Aristotle's work primarily focused on natural philosophy and did not extend to the study of light and its speed.

Democritus came before Aristotle. Democritus (c. 460-370 BC) was an ancient Greek philosopher known for his formulation of atomic theory. Aristotle (384-322 BC) was a student of Plato who went on to become a renowned philosopher in his own right, but he came after Democritus in terms of historical chronology.

It was named after Roman God of Underworld

His atomic theory. He was the one who thought that there were atoms in everything.

He started his own school, Lyceum, named after Apolle Lyceum, he tutored Alexander the great, and he started the study of logic.

1. He came up with the four causes, thus setting the foundations of science.

2. He showed great insight in moral philosophy and developed that school of thought.

3. He started his own school.

4. He taught Alexander the Great.

5. He started mathematical logic.

6. He is known as the father of Biology because he was the first person to classify, albeit crudely, organisms as either plants or animals.

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Aristotle (384-322 BC), Copernicus (1473-1543), Galileo (1564-1642), Newton (1642-1727), Einstein (1879-1955)

Aristotle saw matter as continuous and infinitely divisible, while Democritus and Leucippus believed that matter was composed of indivisible particles called atoms. Aristotle's theory focused on the idea of substances possessing specific qualities, while Democritus and Leucippus emphasized the concept of atoms moving in empty space.

Einstein's view of gravity is built upon Newton's but extended to some special situations where Newton's Laws (postulations?) have been shown or suggested not to apply. In particular in the presence of extremely high gravitational forces such as occur close to a black hole and as velocities approach the speed of light.

The force the air resistance do against the object is proportional to it speed (F=C*v^2, usually, where C is a constant and v is the speed). So, the higher the speed, the higher the force. If an object is falling, the gravity is probably responsible for it. When the force of the gravity is equivalent to the force made by the air resistance, the speed of the object remains constant. To answer your question directly: without air resistance, the graphic position X time would be parabolic. With air resistance, it looks like an decaying exponential.

The ancient Greeks, specifically the philosopher Anaximenes, believed that air was the primary element in the universe that moved and transformed everything, including objects. This concept was part of their belief in an underlying substance called "aether" that governed the motion of all things.

Aristotle did not make an atom discovery. The concept of atoms was first introduced by ancient Greek philosophers Leucippus and Democritus around the 5th century BC, while Aristotle believed in the continuous nature of matter.

Aristotle postulated two different forms of motion: natural motion (such as gravity, smoke rising) and violent motion, meaning applied by exterior forces.

Without the concepts of friction or inertia, he would have likely ascribed the slowing of the ball to the gradual diminishing of whatever force started the ball rolling, that it could not propel the ball indefinitely.

If the ball was on a slanted surface, its continued motion would be the same "natural force" that causes objects to fall, which we now know as gravity. However, he assumed that heavier objects fell faster than lighter ones.

Lighter objects fall slower than heavier objects because they have less mass, which results in less gravitational force acting on them. This means they experience less acceleration and take longer to reach the ground compared to heavier objects. The acceleration due to gravity is the same for both objects, but the heavier object requires more force to overcome its weight and accelerate at the same rate.

Aristotle did not invent anything in the traditional sense. He was a philosopher, scientist, and polymath in ancient Greece, known for his contributions to various fields such as logic, ethics, biology, and metaphysics. Aristotle lived from 384-322 BCE.

He reasoned that since parallax could not be observed for celestial objects near the sun, then the earth was stationary. This erroneous assumption was because at the time he had no way of knowing that celestial objects were so far away that their parallax angles were too small to detect.
He reasoned that since parallax could not be observed for celestial objects near the sun, then the earth was stationary. This erroneous assumption was because at the time he had no way of knowing that celestial objects were so far away that their parallax angles were too small to detect =) Hope it helped. I had the same question

In 335 BCE, Aristotle opened his school, Lucem. He did not believe the Atomic theory and therefore taught his students that all substances were not made up of atoms but something smaller. He believed that everything was made up of small amounts of fire, water, earth and air.

No, Aristotle did not believe matter was made of atoms. He believed in the concept of the four elements - earth, water, air, and fire - as the building blocks of matter. This perspective was later challenged by the atomic theory proposed by Democritus and further developed by modern scientists.

James Chadwick's key contribution to atomic theory was the discovery of the neutron in 1932. This finding helped to revise the understanding of the atomic nucleus, demonstrating that it consists of protons and neutrons. Chadwick's work was crucial in advancing the field of nuclear physics and shaping the modern understanding of atomic structure.

Aristotle develops one of the first methods of classification based on observation of the characteristics of animals and plants. Plants were divided into shrubs, herbs, and trees. Animals were divided into aquatic, terrestrial, and aerial. The method does not apply for organisms like amphibians.

Linnaeus develops the binomial system we use today made up of two words that identify the organism: genus and species.

His father, Nicomachus was the personal physician to King Amyntas of Macedon. Phaestis, his mother, was a woman of Aristocratic descent. He had one sister who's name was Arimneste, and a brother who's name was Arimnestus. Aristotle was probably the youngest. He also had two children. They were a girl and a boy. He was married twice.

An object in uniform motion will continue moving at a constant velocity without any net force acting on it. Additionally, an object in free fall will move under the influence of gravity alone, and does not require any other forces to be in motion.

Aristotle believed that all matter was composed of the four elements: earth, air, fire, and water. He thought that these elements combined in different proportions to create everything in the physical world.

Aristotle believed that objects move in their natural place based on their elemental composition. A drop of water is made up of the element water, which he thought belonged in the air due to its lightness and fluidity. Therefore, a drop of water falls through the air and not the ground because its natural place is in the air.