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Ancient Greek Contributions to Physics: From Thales to Galileo

Explore the rich history of ancient Greek scholarship in physics, focusing on foundational thinkers like Thales, who proposed that "everything is water," and the Pythagoreans, who believed "all is number." Discover key concepts such as similar triangles, irrational numbers, and the Pythagorean theorem, as well as astronomical insights by Aristarchus and Plato. Learn about Aristotle's propositions on motion and logic, Ptolemy's planetary models, and the revolutionary ideas introduced by Copernicus and Galileo. This overview highlights essential developments in understanding motion, gravity, and energy.

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Ancient Greek Contributions to Physics: From Thales to Galileo

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  1. PHYSICS 109 TOPICS

  2. Ancient Scholarship: The Greeks were different

  3. Thales

  4. All is water

  5. Similar triangles

  6. Pythagoreans

  7. All is number

  8. Musical scales

  9. Pythagorean theorem

  10. Irrational numbers

  11. Sun, Moon, Stars, Planets

  12. Ecliptic, equinoxes, solstice, eclipses, retrograde motion

  13. Size of Earth, distance to moon, distance to sun

  14. Aristarchus

  15. Plato

  16. Two levels of reality

  17. Four elements and regular solids

  18. Aristotle

  19. Deductive, Inductive logic

  20. Natural, violent motion

  21. Falling bodies

  22. Ptolemy

  23. Planetary model: Deferent, epicycle, equant, eccentric circle, retrograde motion

  24. Copernicus

  25. Heliocentric model, retrograde motion, distances to sun, criteria for a good theory in science.

  26. Kepler and Brahe

  27. Mars trick, the three laws

  28. Galileo

  29. Telescope: Mountains on moon, Moons of Jupiter, Phases of Venus

  30. Description of Motion:

  31. Graphs, Relative motion, Principle of Inertia, Inclined plane

  32. Constant velocity

  33. Uniform acceleration

  34. Projectile motion

  35. Galilean principle of relativity

  36. Scaling

  37. Newton

  38. The three laws of motion

  39. Circular motion

  40. The apple and the moon

  41. Law of gravity and Kepler’s third law

  42. Tides

  43. Discovery of new planets

  44. Work and Energy

  45. KE, PE

  46. Conservation

  47. E = KE + PE

  48. Light

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