Galileo and Darwin as practitioners of science

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Compare and contrast Galileo and Darwin as practitioners of science. What question about the natural world did each man address in the readings covered in this course? Explain in detail the answer each man found to his question, including empirical data and hypotheses. What are “scientific facts” and to what extent did these two men discover scientific facts? What influence did Galileo and Darwin have on science, on a specific scientific theory, and on the modern way of thinking?