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Johannes Kepler , Marie Curie , Galileo Galilei , and Isaac
Johannes Kepler , Marie Curie , Galileo Galilei , and Isaac
Learn more about our online course in Space, Time, and Motion. Grapple with questions about the origin, workings, and behavior of the universe!
philosophers and continues on to Galileo Galilei, Isaac
What would happen if you were to place a bowling ball on top of a nice fluffy pillow? The mass of the bowling ball would cause the pillow to bend or sink. Space bends the same way.
still accepted the laws of the Universe proposed by Isaac
A thought experiment is an experiment that can be described but is not actually performed. Instead, it is carried out by the mind, using reasoning and logic.
the mind Famous „thought experimenters“: Galileo, Newton
What would happen if you were to place a bowling ball on top of a nice fluffy pillow? The mass of the bowling ball would cause the pillow to bend or sink. Space bends the same way.
still accepted the laws of the Universe proposed by Isaac
A thought experiment is an experiment that can be described but is not actually performed. Instead, it is carried out by the mind, using reasoning and logic.
the mind Famous „thought experimenters“: Galileo, Newton
Find out why a ball thrown in the air will return to the ground.
Isaac Newton How does gravity work?
Find out why a ball thrown in the air will return to the ground.
Isaac Newton How does gravity work?
Galileo was a „jack of all trades.“ He was a musician, a philosopher, a physicist, and an astronomer. He is best known for his use of the telescope and his celestial observations.
It would be several decades before Isaac Newton defined
When we think of „space,“ we often think of „outer space“ — the vast, empty, dark space that surrounds the stars and planets.
Isaac Newton believed space was infinite, flat, and