Galileo Galilei
Modern science is the practice of skepticism. Skepticism is defined as a ?critical 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 scientific ?knowledge? is never infallible and that methods and truths must constantly evolve. Someone who experiments and constantly questions norms is a modern scientist. Such a person?s thought processes and experimentations must also follow a standardized format of inquiry. Based on the preceding criteria, Galileo Galilei was the first modern scientist.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). ?An explosion of new ideas emanated from Europe beginning in the late sixteenth century. Revolutionary ideas in science provided a new window on the physical world? (Christopher 34). Among the great men to experience and contribute to this movement, Galileo Galilei was the most significant. For he gave us modern science?s most far reaching gift, the scientific method of expe
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