Analyzing a Primary Source Galileo's study of the heavens was an important step in the development of the scientific method. Study his statement below and answer the questions that follow. the moon is not perfectly smooth, free from inequalities, and exactly spherical, as a large school of philosophers considers with regard to the moon and the otheron heavenly bodies. On the contrary, it is full of inequalities, uneven, full of hollows and protuberances [bulges), just like the surface of the earth itself, which is varied every. where by lofty mountains and deep valleys.... The next object which I have observed is the essence or substance of the Milky Way. By the aid of a telescope, anyone may behold this in a manner which so distinctlylo appeals to the senses that all the disputes which have tormented philosophers through so many ages are exploded by the irrefutable [proven] evidence of our eyes, and we are freed from wordy disputes upon the subject. For the galaxy is nothing else but a mass of innumerable stars planted together in clusters. Upon whatever part of it you direct the telescope, straightaway [at once] a vast crowd of stars presents itself to view. Many of them are tolerably (rather] large and extremely bright, but the number of small ones is quite beyond determination [learning]. novs eot 1. According to Galileo, in what ways is the moon like the earth? Tyoe Here 2. How did Galileo's description of the moon differ from that of the "large school of philosophers"? Tyoe Here vhad 3. How did Galileo discover what the Milky Way is like? Tyoe Here ns 4. Why was Galileo's method of finding out about things in nature important to the development of science? Tyoe Here