What is Galileo view of motion?
Robert Bradley
Published May 13, 2026
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Also asked, what is the difference of Aristotle's ideas of motion to Galileo's view of motion?
The way Aristotle believed objects fall on the Earth Aristotle's theory of motion was different than Galileo's. He also believed that objects fell faster than others because of their size and mass. Therefore, if two balls were dropped from the same height, the bigger and heavier one would hit the ground first.
Also, what is the difference between Aristotle and Galileo? The differences are two-fold: that Galileo extended Aristotle's theories of motion into a the initial part of the motion, and that Galileo provided a predictive numerical theory for this (simpler) initial part.
Similarly, it is asked, what is Aristotle's view of motion?
Basically, Aristotle's view of motion is "it requires a force to make an object move in an unnatural" manner - or, more simply, "motion requires force" . After all, if you push a book, it moves.
Why Galileo did not believe in Aristotle's theory of motion?
He rejected Aristotle's ideas of forced and natural motions after studying falling or rolling objects and projectiles and realised that gravity was some type of force acting in terrestrial situations though he does not seem to have extended this to heavenly motions.
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