The Scientific Revolution possibly would not be called the Scientific Revolution without the contributions of Galileo. Galileo was an Italian astronomer who continued the work of Copernicus. ... Galileo determined the laws of gravity and explored the laws of motion on earth. Galileo created the Law of Inertia that stated an object is at rest until an external force moves it. ... Three key scientists who challenged authority were Copernicus, Galileo, and Newton. ...

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Among these people was Galileo Galilei. ... Galileo worked on many projects and invented many things that are still used everyday. One of his great inventions was the pendulum clock, " Galileo's son Vincenzio, and Galileo's last student, Vincenzio Viviani, completed his design for a pendulum clock." ... Galileo through out his career worked on and defended many theories. ... (Interesting Facts about Galileo, http://www.2020site.org/galileo/facts.html) This particular theory or law was not made a law by Galileo, his work is very deserving of the recognition for it. ...

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This law is considered to be a extension of Galileo's Law of Inertia. ... As we have noted earlier in conjunction with the discussion of Galileo, Aristotle's view seems to be more in accord with common sense, but that is because of a failure to appreciate the role played by frictional forces. Once account is taken of all forces acting in a given situation it is the dynamics of Galileo and Newton, not of Aristotle, that are found to be in accord with the observations. ...

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During the 17th century a major event occurred known as the, "The Scientific Revolution". The scientific revolution would have an affect on the views of many people. Before the 17th century people accepted information that was given to them without ever questioning why. The...

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