What are aristotle's and galileo's view on free falling object?

Question

What are aristotle's and galileo's view on free falling object?

Answer 1

Aristotle postulated that objects fall at steady speeds, with heavier objects falling faster, Galileo argued this point of view with the assertion that acceleration was present in the motion of freefalling objects by the 'inclined plane' experiment, which made observing acceleration easier.

It wasnt until Newton formulated his theory of gravitation that we we began to understand that the acceleration is independent of the mass, but dependent on the distance from the centre of the earth by an inverse square law.

Answer 2

Here is a link that you can read and decide for yourself.

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/galileo/exp...