Notes And Quotes From Various Books Of Interest For A Function Festival

Constant Speed Linear Motion History

Two New Sciences by Galileo published in 1638 translated by Stillman Drake in 1989 by Wall & Thompson

Page 148: definition "Equal or uniform motion I understand to be that which the parts run through by the moveable in any equal times whatever are equal to one another. NOTE: To the old definition [...presumably that of Aristotle ...],..." followed by axioms, propositions or theorems.

Galileo: His Science and His Significance for the Future of Man by Albert G. DiCanzio published in 1996 ADASI Publishing Company

History Of Free Fall - Aristotle to Galileo by Stillman Drake published in 1989 Wall & Thompson


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