Galileo: Physics

Galileo has often been referred to as the first "Modern physicist." He was one of the first scientists to investigate the world around us by use of experiment. While the majority of scientists of his time where describing ideas as mystical nature. One of his greatest contributions to physics was the formulation of the "law of inertia." Which states that an object in a state of motion possesses an inertia that causes it to remain in that state of motion unless an external force acts on it. Galileo also studied falling bodies. He found that, opposite to Aristotle's believe, that objects will reach the ground at different times, not because of their eathliness but because of the way they are affected differently by air friction.

Galileos calculations of falling bodies

Galileo also developed ingenius methods to track time. He used everything from his own pulse to water to determine how long or short an experiment took. Over the years Galileo gathered data that has helped many scientists since him.