On a Theoretical Proof of the Weak Equivalence Principle from within the confines of Newtonian Gravitation.

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dc.contributor.authorNyambuya, G. G.
dc.date.accessioned2013-07-01T08:56:52Z
dc.date.accessioned2023-06-26T13:02:10Z
dc.date.available2013-07-01T08:56:52Z
dc.date.available2023-06-26T13:02:10Z
dc.date.issued2011-11-17
dc.description.abstractThe great Italian scientist and philosopher, Galileo Galilee, is reported to have stood at the learning tower of Pisa in Italy and famously dropped objects of different masses (and compositions), thereby demonstrating that the motion of matter in a gravitational field is independent of the body’s composition since these objects, despite their different masses (and compositions), their free-fall time was practically equal. By so doing, Galileo demolished a more than one and a half millennium of dogma that had been set forth by the Greek philosopher, Aristotle, namely that, in a gravitational field, heavier objects fall faster than lighter ones. Galileo’s conclusion is a posteriori justified current scientific dogma, we all accept this as a durable fact of experience. Gently and modestly, this reading appears to furnish this hypothesis. We unambiguously demonstrate beyond any shadow of doubt that Newtonian gravitation implies that gravitational and inertial mass are equal.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipNational University of Science and Technologyen_US
dc.identifier.citationNyambuya G.G. (2011). On a Theoretical Proof of the Weak Equivalence Principle from within the confines of Newtonian Gravitation. arXiven_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://196.220.97.103:4000/handle/123456789/297
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherarXiven_US
dc.rights.licenseThis article was downloaded from NUST Institutional repository, and is made available under the terms and conditions as set out in the Institutional Repository Policy.en_US
dc.subjectNewtonian gravitationen_US
dc.subjectWeak equivalance principleen_US
dc.titleOn a Theoretical Proof of the Weak Equivalence Principle from within the confines of Newtonian Gravitation.en_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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