You see this all the time in textbooks: This is often described as "the acceleration due to gravity". Is this really the best thing to call this? No. A better name would be "the local gravitational ...

Although we take a lot of scientific knowledge for granted today, each of the basics – whether it be about light, gravity, mass or the shape of the Earth – had to be theorized and experimentally ...

There are various methods to measure acceleration due to gravity. At Higher level all rely on one of the equations of motion. The measurements required will depend on the equation used. Watch this ...