Galileo

Galileo was and Italian mathematician, physicist, astronomer and pioneer of scientific revolution. He invented the balance and thermometer and was one of the founders of modern experimental science. His law of free fall, found out by a famous experiment on the leaning tower of Pisa, made he became famous in people. This experiment completely overturned Aristotle’s ideas.Galileo’s  refuted Ptolemy's geocentric system and strongly supported Copernicus's heliocentric theory. He is known as "the father of the modern mechanics", "the father of modern science"now. The work for the establishment of the theoretical system of Newton laid the foundation of the .Galileo believed that experience is the only source of knowledge, we can figure out the truth only by using experiment mathematics method.  He strongly supported the sun is the center of the universe so he got punished by the pope. His later life spent under house arrest. He was the first person who got a large number of achievements by using the telescope to observe the celestial bodies. His telescope played a significant role in the in seventeenth Century's science and world outlook. Based on the experimental science of  Galileo, Newton began to look for natural rules. Galileo made the modern natural science grow.