I cannot recall its origin but there is an old adage that says one’s way of thinking and speculating depends on his/her perspective. There is no need to argue about its validity for I am sure everyone would agree from their own experience. With the adage said above, I would like to propose a theory that there was a great gap between Galileo’s way of thinking and those of others (like the …showed first 75 words of 885 total…

…showed last 75 words of 885 total…scientific revolution and the establishment of modern science.” He has definitely set the standard for the modern scientific experiment. I remember drawing pictures of cells bacteria and recording my observations after looking through a microscope in high school. And that is just what Galileo did when he wrote Starry Messenger. Thus Galileo is a big contributor to the scientific revolution in that sense; he has truly defined what an acceptable scientific experiment ought to be.