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== Using the principle of falsifiability to improve the scientific method ==
== Using the principle of falsifiability to improve the scientific method ==
[[Image:Galileo....jpg|left|120px]]
[[Image:Galileo.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Subterman's portrait, circa 1640]]
Galileo tested [[Aristotle]]'s theory that heavy objects fall faster than light ones and found it was a consequence of air resistance, not [[gravity]]. By making careful measurements he found he could use mathematics to measure the acceleration of gravity and predict the movements of [[pendulum]]s and tides.
Galileo tested [[Aristotle]]'s theory that heavy objects fall faster than light ones and found it was a consequence of air resistance, not [[gravity]]. By making careful measurements he found he could use mathematics to measure the acceleration of gravity and predict the movements of [[pendulum]]s and tides.