When air resistance is in the equation, weight can be a factor. But yes, it should’ve been checked way earlier, but it’s not surprising considering how he’s put on a pedestal.
I read somewhere that Galileo really struggled convincing his patrons go finance such experiments. Science wasn’t concerned with fundamental questions about how the world works until very recently
When air resistance is in the equation, weight can be a factor. But yes, it should’ve been checked way earlier, but it’s not surprising considering how he’s put on a pedestal.
Not like we really had the ability to create a large enough vacuum to test it until, as far as human history goes, relatively recently
I read somewhere that Galileo really struggled convincing his patrons go finance such experiments. Science wasn’t concerned with fundamental questions about how the world works until very recently