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Well, thinking of gravity as a force is Newtonian mechanics, which was also not available to da Vinci.
by red_trumpet 4y ago
Well, thinking of gravity as a force is Newtonian mechanics, which was also not available to da Vinci.
- globuous 4y agoWhich was in itself the genius of this newton guy. It’s one thing to realise that objects falling accelerate. It’s another to realise that F=ma, and that this can model objects falling as well as a bunch of other things. Surely da Vinci wasn’t lucky enough to have an apple fall on his head ? :)