Galileo Galilei · Science

The Moving Earth and the Ship

Why we cannot feel the Earth hurtling through space, and how Galileo’s answer planted the seed of inertia and of relativity itself.

What you'll be able to recall

You learned that steady shared motion cannot be detected from inside a system. Apply that principle to explain why we don’t feel the Earth move, in your own words.

Leads to Albert Einstein.

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