How did Galileo refute Aristotle's idea that laws governing the motion of the heavens were a different set of laws than those that governed motion on the earth?
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Aristotle believed that the laws governing motion in the heavens were different from those on Earth. He thought that celestial objects moved in perfect circles and were made of a different substance called "aether." Show more…
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