The old physics of Aristotle and the astronomy of Ptolemy were countered by Copernicus. ... However, the ideas of Aristarchus were lost with the rise of Aristotelian physics almost 2000 years previous to Copernicus" revisions and publication of the heliocentric idea (Cohen, I. 25). ... Galileo, who was a believer of the heliocentric model of the solar system, contributed a great amount to physics and astronomy. ... All of these discoveries in addition to Galileo's studies in physics changed the way man saw the solar system. Galileo did not merely create models of the solar system or phy...

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Modern science is the practice of skepticism. Skepticism is defined as acritical attitude which systematically questions the notion that absolute knowledge and certainty are possible...in particular fields? (Skeptic's Dictionary), meaning that modern science is the understanding that current scientificknowledge? is never infallible and that methods and truths must constantly evolve. Someone who experiments and constantly questions norms is a modern scientist. ...

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Galileo also made many important contributions to Physics; he discovered that the path of a projectile was a parabola, that objects do not fall with speeds proportional to their weight, and much more. ... While at the University of Pisa, Galileo discovered his interest in Physics and Mathematics; he switched his major from medicine to mathematics. ... Galileo made many important discoveries for the field of Physics; he opened the way for scientists to combined Mathematic and Physics. ...

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Galileo's physics according to Drake dealt with local motions, local events and natural occurrences and did not attempt any casual (absolute) explanations even of these. ... Drake comments that, "Aristotle's physics offered material, formal, efficient and purposive causes of every kind of change in nature with little proof or science"(pg. 10). ... Galileo is shown to take for granted that measurement was the key to sound physics and that there is a limit to the accuracy with which actual measurements can be made and hence Galileo did not insist on perfection that philosophers had al...

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For many centuries, there was very little scientific advancement due to a restraint the Catholic Church had over Europe during the Middle Ages, but this all changed during The Scientific Revolution. During the Middle Ages, the Catholic Church had created a system of beliefs based on the teachings o...

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The Renaissance period was indeed, a completely different when compared to the middle ages. Meaning 'rebirth', the Renaissance was thought to be a new revolution, where people were becoming smarter from learning and education opportunities. There were many new scientific discoveries, as well a...

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Galileo was also dubbed ""the father of modern physics -- indeed of modern science altogether."" (His Place in Science, http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/galileo/science.html) for his outstanding work on physics and his many other discoveries. ...

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