galileo galilei was one of the first modern scientists. He was born in pisa, intaty. in 1564. At first he studied philosophy, but later he studied mathematics and astronomy. he was interested in the way the earth and other planets move around the sun. He found out several important facts about our world. He also started a new way of working in science. Before Galieo, scientists did not do experiment. They just guessed about how something happened. G was different. He did not just make guessed. He did experiments and watched to see what happened.
g is famous for his study of how things fall. he was the first person to do experiments about this problem. Before, people thought that heavy things always fell faster than light things. He found out that this was not true. He took a heavy ball and a light ball and he dropped them both form a high place. They fell at the same speed. This meant that weight is not important.This is the law of falling bodies. It is an important law for understanding our world.