Galileo Galilei is one of the most prominent and renowned scientists in the history of classical mechanics. He showed the importance of experimentation rather than relying on first principles as had been put forward by Aristotle Aristotle’s word had been recognized as gospel truth and only a few people had ever tried to prove his assertions through experimentation until Galileo arrived! Galileo proved most of Aristotle’s works to be untrue through the many experiments that he carried out and laid the foundation for other scientists such as Einstein Albert and Sir Isaac Newton.

Galileo Galilei is one of the most prominent and renowned scientists in the history of classical mechanics. He showed the importance of experimentation rather than relying on first principles as had been put forward by Aristotle Aristotle’s word had been recognized as gospel truth and only a few people had ever tried to prove his assertions through experimentation until Galileo arrived! Galileo proved most of Aristotle’s works to be untrue through the many experiments that he carried out and laid the foundation for other scientists such as Einstein Albert and Sir Isaac Newton.