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The film discusses Galileo's contributions to the laws of motion and gravitation, emphasizing that all objects fall at the same rate regardless of their weight. It recounts the legend of Galileo ...

Engineers from Caltech have discovered that Leonardo da Vinci's understanding of gravity—though not wholly accurate—was centuries ahead of his time. In an article published in the journal Leonardo, ...

Leonardo da Vinci's centuries-old sketches reveal he may have understood key aspects of gravity long before Galileo, Newton and Einstein. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...

The ultra smooth mirror was required to enable the researchers to perform experiments on electron acceleration in medium density gas jets, with the subsequent goal to ...

Scientist have succeeded in characterizing the interface between an elastic-plastic material and a light material under acceleration. Arindam Banerjee, an associate professor of mechanical engineering ...

Optical Surfaces Ltd has delivered a 305 mm diameter spherical mirror to the GSI Helmholtz Zentrum für Schwerionenforschung in Germany for use in novel particle ...

A new look at da Vinci's papers reveals his insightful attempts to probe the nature of gravity 500 years ago. Engineers from Caltech have discovered that Leonardo da Vinci's understanding of gravity - ...