Starry Messenger

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 …

…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.