Galileo

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great wisdom he
did many great things for science. He was right about most of his theories
that he proclaimed to the public, but they seemed to think otherwise. On
January 8, 1642, Galileo the great scientist died. Even though Galileo was
right, the Roman Catholic Church clung to their position but 350 years
later Galileo was forgiven for his so called crimes in 1633. [ Wallace,
W.A., Galileo's Logical Treatises]

Galileo was also famous for proving that Aristotelian's Physics
was wrong. Aristotelian's Physics is the falling rate between two objects
which was said to be that when two objects were dropped at the same
time, the heavier object would hit the ground first. This was proven to
be wrong by Galileo by his well known experiment at the "tower." This
experiment involved two cannonballs of different weight which was dropped
off at the Leaning Tower of Pisa at the same time. After these objects were
dropped they landed at the same exact time and this proved that ...

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