This great Italian scientist may be responsible for the development of the scientific method of anyone else. Galileo was born in Pisa, in 1564. young While studying at the University of Pisa but stalled because of financial affairs. Even so in 1589 he was able to be a teaching position at the university. A few years later he joined the University of Padua and lived there until the year 1610 In this period he created piles of scientific discoveries. His first important contribution in the field of mechanics. Aristotle taught, heavier objects fall faster than lighter objects, and generations of intellectuals swallow large Greek philosopher opinion this effect. However, Galileo decided to try first whether or not, and through a series of experiments he concluded that Aristotle was wrong. The truth is, both heavy and light objects fall at the same speed except to the extent they decelerates due to a shift in the air. (Incidentally, the habit of throwing objects Galileo conducted experiments from the tower of Pisa apparently unknowingly). Knowing this, Galileo take further steps. Carefully he measured the distance of objects fall at the appointed time and got evidence that the distance traveled by a falling object is inversely by the square of the number of seconds the fall of objects. This discovery (which means uniform acceleration) has a significance of its own. Even more importantly Galileo capable of collecting his findings with mathematical formulas. Extensive use of mathematical formulas and mathematical methods are important properties of modern science. Galileos other major contribution was his discovery of the law of inertia. Earlier, people believed that things move by itself tends to become more and more slowly and completely stop if only there is no power which adds strength to keep moving. But Galileos experiments prove that the assumption was wrong. When the power to slow down, such as shifting, can be eliminated, moving objects tend to keep moving indefinitely. This is an important principle that has been repeatedly affirmed by Newton and coupled with the legal system itself as one of the first motion of the vital principle in science. Galileos discovery of the most famous is in the field of astronomy. The theory of astrology in the early 1600s are in an uncertain situation. There is difference of opinion between the adherents of the Copernican theory that the sun-centric and theorists longer, the earth-centric. Around the year 1609 Galileo expressed his belief that Copernicus was in the right, but this time he did not know how to prove it. In 1609, Galileo discovered the telescope heard that people in the Netherlands. Although Galileo had only heard vague about the equipment, but thanks to his genius he was able to create his own telescope. With this new tool he turned his attention to the sky and just within a year he had managed to raise a series of major discoveries. He saw in it not flat but lumpy, full of craters and mountains. Heavenly bodies, the conclusion, not flat and smooth but irregular as well as the face of the earth. She looked at the Milky Way and it seemed to her that she was not the sort of fog at all but rather consists of a large number of stars with the naked eye is as mixed and mingle with each other. Then his eye planets like Saturn and behold him circled bracelet. Jupiter glanced telescope and he knew there were four months circling the planet. Here the light-benderanglah him that celestial objects can be rotated around a planet other than Earth. Preoccupation worsen: staring at the sun, and it seemed to her there were spots in his face. Indeed there are other people who also see the previous spots, but Galileo published his findings in a more effective and put the trouble spots to the attention of the worlds solar science. Furthermore,
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