"I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use." -Galileo Galilei
Galileo was a revolutionary thinker. When he invented an astronomical telescope, he not only viewed the moon, he also refuted Aristotle's and Ptolemy's theories about the universe. Galileo applied new techniques to scientific research, using mathematics as a way to measure and gather data.
After viewing Galileo's experiments below, answer the following questions:
1) Based on these experiments, what was Galileo most interested in studying?
2) How do you think this contributed to his study of the universe and planetary location?
3) How do you think his experiments influenced other thinkers, both from the Renaissance and modern times?
4) Which of these techniques do you use in your experiments in science class?