Thursday, September 17, 2009

Scientific Revolution: the scientific method


The scientific revolution lead to the scientist to start experimenting and it was also a challenge for the new ideas. An example is that Aristotle had a theory that was heavy object fell faster then the lighter objects and for like about 1500 years people believed him. Then came another Italian man named Galileo started to experiment Aristotle theory then he began to discover that Aristotle theory was wrong. Aristotle was wrong about his theory that heavy objects fall faster then lighter objects, the right answer was that objects with any-kind of weight fall at the same speed.



Then the new theory became to be called the scientific method. The scientific method is to prove wrong or to prove right a idea. But they just could not accept a idea or theory.Then came along another scientist that was named Issac Newton and he explained the laws of gravity and paved the way for our modern understanding of physics. Even Issac Newton proved wrong Aristotle theory wrong he thought that one set of physical laws governed earth and that another set governed the rest of the universe. But Issac Newton argued that there was a universal law of gravitation that applied equally to earth and the heavens.

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