As the middle ages, and the blind faith in religious tradition that defined it, dwindled, an intellectual revolution based on rethinking and redetermining humanity's place in the universe occurred (CSCC). ... For he gave us modern science's most far reaching gift, the scientific method of experimentation (Levinger 8). ... Scientific investigation is so much a part of our culture that we are no longer aware of it? ... This desire to prove was manifested in his development of the scientific method (Fermi 112), his most significant contribution to modern science. ... [When Galileo arr...

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