Thursday, October 1, 2009

Scientific Revolution: The Scientific Method

What is the scientific method? the scientific method is a method that was made many years ago where when people came up with a theory, they experimented in order to prove that their theory is correct. Before the scientific theory came up, many philosophers and scientist used to just come up with theories but they wouldn't really have any evidence that what they were saying is true.
One example of an experiment that uses the scientific method was when Galileo tested Aristotle's theory that heavier objects fell faster than lighter objects. He went to the Leaning Tower of Pisa and dropped stones of different weights to the ground. He proved him wrong and proved that if you drop a bowling ball and a basketball, they would fall at the same speed.

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