The Pendulum and Galileo

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Galileo's investigation of the pendulum played a role in the evolution of science.
He performed some of the first experiments while discovering the relationship among length, mass and displacement.
If you are teaching the scientific method, the pendulum is a good project to start with.
Galileo probably gained insight into many issues around motion from his investigation of the pendulum.
The video also mentions issues with the church and academia.

[@bjam89]

Galileo had some really good friends if he got them to count pendulum vibrations for 24 hours

[@maxpolaris99]

@SportsfanK yes and input energy by bumping the pendulum when it began to come to a rest. Remember the period is independent of the displacement for a given length! Ingenious!

[@SportsfanK]

they counted the number of swings for 24h??!

[@JHIslander]

Outstanding! I can recommend the book Galileo's Daughter by Dava Sobel. Great reading.

[@JHIslander]

Outstanding! Thanks for sharing. I can recommend the book Galileo's Daughter by Dava Sobel. Great reading.

[@hoosahfudge]

Very well put together and informative!

[@peteheckman13]

Wonderful as always!

[@Ericspasstime]

This was a great video I just had to favorite it and shared it on Face-book :)

[@bdcp]

nice video!

[@SportsfanK]

@maxpolaris99 yes, it is interesting but what about eating and all, weren't they tired? I do experiments on pendulums at school and 20 oscillations are annoying enough

[@ChrisNunez23]

Fascinating stuff, I really enjoy these videos!

[@LTF85199]

thanks

[@zeratul575]

hello how are you?

[@Kalaha86]

And once again we are reminded about how the church has been standing in the way of scientific progress. Just saying...