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Re: Two years after Galileo: an English telescope in Japan
From: Fred Hebard
Date: 2020 Dec 28, 15:52 -0500
From: Fred Hebard
Date: 2020 Dec 28, 15:52 -0500
The two systems were equivalent mathematically. I would think a straightforward frame of reference change. The problem was how to show a preference for one frame over the other. The blog I mentioned goes into that. Sorry for the lack of a citation
On Dec 28, 2020, at 14:45, David Fleming <NoReply_Fleming@fer3.com> wrote:I find it hard to believe that there was possibly a proof of heliocentrism available to Galileo. If someone can recall such a proof please post.
Absent any understanding of Newton's ideas governing the motions of bodies one could always suppose that deus ex machina causes the observations to be due to a stationary earth and moving celestial bodies.
DaveF
