Where did the original scope of physics in our modern scientific age come from?   Galileo, the founder of modern physics, laid down the rules which governed the scientific method to be used.  These rules were based in the first place on Galileo’s conviction that he, as the observer of physical phenomena, had no connection whatever [...]

Galileo’s Shadow is a book that pays particular attention to Galileo’s influence on physics.  He is identified as that thinker who laid out the foundation concepts that have ruled that science ever since.  The book’s analysis shows that Galileo made serious philosophical errors in this process.  These errors included:

He divided all physical phenomena into two [...]