... horizontally (and air friction is ignored) it will move in the horizontal direction with constant speed; in the vertical direction it will experience the pull of gravity and will undergo free fall? (Wudka). This seriously contradicted Aristotle's theory on the motion of projectiles (Fowler). According to Aristotle, the path of any projectile consisted of two straight lines...a cannonball is ... opened doors in every scientific discipline which have not to this day been shut. Modern scientists still depend on experimentation. Galileo's last great contribution to the development of modern...

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