Galileo Galilei, a man known for greatly improving the telescope, discovering Jupiter’s four moons, and being the guy who experimented with falling objects at the Leaning Tower of Pisa. Born on February 15th of 1564 in Pisa, Italy, Galileo was the first child of Vicenzo Galilei and Guilia Ammannati. Galileo started going to school at the Camaldolese Monastery at Vallombrosa when he and his family moved to Florence in 1574. For college, Galileo went to the University of Pisa to study medicine, but he had to leave before he got his degree due to financial difficulties. Eventually, Galileo was able to get back to the university, but as a teacher. He performed some experiments here and he made a manuscript of his written work about his theories on motion that contradicted Aristotle’s views. He did not last long at the University of Pisa because his contract with them was not renewed.
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Galileo got a teaching position at the University of Padua and there he taught geometry and astronomy. In 1600, he met the woman who would be the mother of his kids, a Venetian woman named Marina Gamba. Albeit they did not get married to each other, they had two daughters, named Virginia and Livia, and a son of a named Vincenzo. Four years after meeting Marina, Galileo developed the universal law of acceleration after polishing his theories on motion and falling objects.
In July of 1609, Galileo has heard of an invention that could magnify objects three times made by a Dutch eyeglass maker, Hans Lippershey, and he made one of his own better version. During the autumn season of the same year, Galileo decided to turn his telescope up toward the heavens. A year after, he published a small booklet entitled “The Starry Messenger” that was about his discoveries that was found with his telescope. The booklet included his discoveries on the moon’s spherical shape and rough texture, and Venus’s phases that supported Copernicus’ theory of a sun-centered solar system. Furthermore, it also revealed Galileo’s discovery of Jupiter’s moons and how they revolve around Jupiter, but not Earth. Galileo had gathered evidences to support the Copernican Theory and this was against Aristotle and the doctrine of the church. Two years later, Galileo published another book entitled “Discourse on Bodies in Water” that contained his explanations on why objects float on water, which contradicted the Aristotelian explanation that they float on water because of their flat shape. A year after, Galileo again published a work that further contradicted the Aristotelian doctrine that states that the sun is perfect. Galileo stopped teaching and defending the Copernican theory about the earth’s motion for seven years since he was ordered by the church to do such. He obeyed the order because he was a Catholic, and also to make his life at ease. When a friend of his, Cardinal Maffeo Barberini, was elected as Pope Urban VIII in 1623, he was allowed to continue pursuing his works, furthermore, he even encouraged Galileo to publicize it; however, the book shouldn't be biased to the Copernican Theory. He published a book entitled “Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems” that talked about Copernicus’ heliocentric theory. The book should've been neutral, but it is quite evident that it was lopsided towards Copernicus’ theory. The church had a negative reactions towards the book, so the Inquisition ordered Galileo to
Galileo got a teaching position at the University of Padua and there he taught geometry and astronomy. In 1600, he met the woman who would be the mother of his kids, a Venetian woman named Marina Gamba. Albeit they did not get married to each other, they had two daughters, named Virginia and Livia, and a son of a named Vincenzo. Four years after meeting Marina, Galileo developed the universal law of acceleration after polishing his theories on motion and falling objects.
In July of 1609, Galileo has heard of an invention that could magnify objects three times made by a Dutch eyeglass maker, Hans Lippershey, and he made one of his own better version. During the autumn season of the same year, Galileo decided to turn his telescope up toward the heavens. A year after, he published a small booklet entitled “The Starry Messenger” that was about his discoveries that was found with his telescope. The booklet included his discoveries on the moon’s spherical shape and rough texture, and Venus’s phases that supported Copernicus’ theory of a sun-centered solar system. Furthermore, it also revealed Galileo’s discovery of Jupiter’s moons and how they revolve around Jupiter, but not Earth. Galileo had gathered evidences to support the Copernican Theory and this was against Aristotle and the doctrine of the church. Two years later, Galileo published another book entitled “Discourse on Bodies in Water” that contained his explanations on why objects float on water, which contradicted the Aristotelian explanation that they float on water because of their flat shape. A year after, Galileo again published a work that further contradicted the Aristotelian doctrine that states that the sun is perfect. Galileo stopped teaching and defending the Copernican theory about the earth’s motion for seven years since he was ordered by the church to do such. He obeyed the order because he was a Catholic, and also to make his life at ease. When a friend of his, Cardinal Maffeo Barberini, was elected as Pope Urban VIII in 1623, he was allowed to continue pursuing his works, furthermore, he even encouraged Galileo to publicize it; however, the book shouldn't be biased to the Copernican Theory. He published a book entitled “Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems” that talked about Copernicus’ heliocentric theory. The book should've been neutral, but it is quite evident that it was lopsided towards Copernicus’ theory. The church had a negative reactions towards the book, so the Inquisition ordered Galileo to