... make many important discoveries about astronomy, though; many of these discoveries helped to prove that the sun was the center of the galaxy. 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. For these discoveries, Galileo is often referred ... 1581, Galileo went to the University of Pisa to study medicine, the field his father wanted him to peruse. While at the University of Pisa, Galileo discovered his interest in Physics and Mathematic...

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... and coming up with his own, he is considered by many as the father of modern science. "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 ... p...

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... of two prolific medieval scientists - Ptolemy and Copernicus. These men have developed who main theories which became a basis for our space science and physics overall. Though the theories were genius from the viewpoint of that time, now we can see that both had strong drawbacks that did not ... today that the sun is the center of the solar system and many people consider this knowledge obvious. However, if we would look from a history perspective the sun-centered (heliocentric) concept was slow to evolve. "In the 2nd century ad, Claudius Ptolemy proposed a model of the universe with ......

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