Aristotle, Galileo, and Pasteur can be said to have contributed significantly, each in his own way, to the development of “The Scientific Method.” Discuss. What is the scientific method? In general, this method has three parts, which we might call (1) gathering evidence, (2) making a hypothesis, and (3) testing the hypothesis. As scientific methodology is practiced, all three parts are used together at all stages, and therefore no theory, however rigorously tested, is ever final, but remains …showed first 75 words of 878 total…

…showed last 75 words of 878 total…is not simply the sum of his discoveries. It also represents the revolution of scientific methodology. Pasteur superimposed two indisputable rules of modern research: the freedom of creative imagination necessarily subjected to rigorous experimentation. His work became the foundation for the science of microbiology, and a cornerstone of modern medicine. Bibliography: http://www-groups.dcs.st-andrews.ac.uk/~history/Mathematicians/Aristotle.html http://es.rice.edu/ES/humsoc/Galileo/ http://es.rice.edu/ES/humsoc/Galileo/