The International Pendulum Project

The Pendulum in Modern Science Galileo in his final great work, The Two New Sciences, written during the period of house arrest after the trial that, for many, marked the beginning of the Modern AgeWe come now to the other questions, relating to pendulums, a subjectwhich may appear to many exceedingly arid, especially to those philosophers who are continually occupied with the more profoundquestions of nature. Nevertheless, the problem is one which I do notscorn. I am encouraged by the example of Aristotle whom I admireespecially because he did not fail to discuss every subject which hethought in any degree worthy of consideration. (Galileo 1638/1954,pp.94-95)