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• Homework 1  Due Monday, September 8

• Today:

• World views

  • Purpose of creation of knowledge
  • Role of physics (and mathematics)
  • Aristotelian view vs. Galilean view

• Example in Physics: Description of motion

  • position, velocity, acceleration

• Example of motion: Falling Bodies

  • Demonstrations
  • Which view is better?

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