2007-08-20 08:14:42 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
A long time ago, measured in millenia and centuries, not years. Early Egyptians used some elements of the scientific method in medicine and astronomy and mathematics to align their important buildings. The early Greeks applied observation and calculation to determine the circumference of the earth, but were eventually hobbled by Aristotle's insistence that reliable knowledge could not be based on experiment, since the world is imperfect and true knowledge must be perfect, hence based on reason.
The Muslims established something like the modern scientific method, and as Greek science became available to Europeans in Arabic translations, the scientific method spread to Europe. This was long before Bacon or Galileo.
2007-08-20 10:06:54 · answer #1 · answered by thylawyer 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Galileo Galilei is considered by many as the father of the scientific method. Check him out on Wikipedia. b. 1564 d. 1642
2007-08-20 15:33:13 · answer #2 · answered by supastremph 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Archimedes did used the Scientific method. However there were many others before him.
2007-08-20 16:27:04 · answer #3 · answered by goring 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yup, gallileo.
the first one to run experiments and see the results, instead of just assuming.
2007-08-20 16:04:30 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋