Conceptualizing Science

Walking down the hallway on a perfectly unobstructed day at school or work…it happens: a voice shrieks out “Who is GALILEO?!?!” While the question may have merit for a person that missed out on this subject earlier in life and simply needs to learn the subject matter…those who have made it through the majority of their high-school careers without the simple knowledge of one of science’s greatest contributors, Galileo (the man that perfected out model of a heliocentric solar system, have a serious lack of scientific understanding.