10 Questions
What did Galileo's ideas do to Aristotelian mechanics?
Revolutionized it
What did ancient Indian thinkers believe was the cause of motion?
Continuous pressure
What is the Vaisesika theory of motion closest to?
Inertia
What opposes the tendency to move in a straight line in the Vaisesika theory of motion?
Contact with objects
What did ancient Indian thinkers believe was the different kinds of motion?
All of the above
What did ancient Indian thinkers believe was the cause of motion?
Force due to continuous pressure
What did the Vaisesika theory of motion consider as the closest concept to inertia?
Persistent tendency to move in a straight line
What did ancient Indian thinkers believe opposed the tendency to move in a straight line?
Contact with objects including atmosphere
What did Galileo's ideas do to Aristotelian mechanics?
Revolutionized it
What did ancient Indian thinkers believe was the different kinds of motion?
Persistent tendency to move in a straight line
Test your knowledge on Newton's First Law of Motion and explore how it revolutionized mechanics. Learn about Galileo's ideas, the development of a new mechanics, and compare it to ancient Indian theories on motion.
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