MECHANICS

1. Galileo (1564-1642 A.D.)
   1. Aristotle's Physics.
   2. Galileo's Refutation.
   3. Linear Motion.
   4. Falling Bodies.
   5. Projectile Motion.
   6. Significance.
2. Isaac Newton (1642-1727 A.D.).
   1. His Life.
   2. The Newtonian Physics.
      1. The First Law of Motion.
      2. The Second Law of Motion.
      3. The Third Law of Motion.
   3. The Universal Law of Gravity.
   4. Direct verification of the law of gravitation:
      1. The moon problem.
      2. Derivation of Kepler's Laws.
      3. Henry Cavendish's torsion balance.
   5. Indirect verification of the law of gravity:
      1. Explanation of tides.
      2. Explanation of the orbits of comets.
      3. Explanation of local variations in the acceleration due to gravity.
      4. Explanation of the perturbations of orbits.
      5. Discovery of previously unknown planets.
      6. Explanation of the precession of the equinoxes.
      7. Determination of the masses of celestial bodies.
      8. Stellar Parallax.
      9. Foucault Pendulum.
   6. Philosophy of Science in 17th century.