Relative Motion Experiment in Agora - Math in Movies

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Hypatia does an experiment with relative motion. She incorrectly guesses how a sack will fall when it is dropped on a moving boat. She observes that the sack behaves as if the ship was stationary. Hypathia believes the same principle can be applied to the Earth: it moves around the Sun without us realizing it.

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The sack was moving forward at the same speed as the ship. Eureka!

Saw this movie in the theatre 13 years ago. It left a deep impression on me.

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