Philosophy 167: Class 7 - Part 6 - A Proxy for Speed: Height, and the Compounding of Horizontal Motion with Vertical Acceleration.
Smith, George E. (George Edwin), 1938-
2014-10-14
Description
Synopsis: How Galileo uses height of fall as an indirect measure of speed, and the difficulties involved.
Opening line: "The parabola. Now, let me start with a fact that you may or may not know. There's only one parabola just like there's only one circle up to symmetry."