You give your physics book a quick push so that it slides along a table top. It soon slides to a stop. How would Aristotle and Galileo interpret this?
A) Both of them say the force of friction slows it to a stop.
B) Both of them say that this is just the natural motion of the book.
C) Aristotle says the force of friction slows it to a stop, but Galileo says this is just the natural motion of the book.
D) They agree that physics books can make you crazy and it's best not to think about them.
E) Aristotle says this is just the natural motion of the book, but Galileo says the force of friction slows it to a stop.

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Aristotle believed that objects naturally come to rest unless a force keeps them moving, while Galileo recognized that friction is the force that causes the book to stop.

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