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. ... http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/-history/Mathematicians/Galileo.html. ...

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"Galileo Galilei is often called "the first scientist"," (Galileo Galilei: Super Scientist in History http://www.llnl.gov/llnl06news/Community/super_science_newsletter/) for all the work he did and because, he was on the front line of new and advanced technology paving the way for others to come. 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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