Galileo Galilei
The scientist
Background
Achievements
Galileo is responsible for the birth of modern science and establishing the scientific method. Galileo invented the military compass and the ballistic calculation geometric. He discovered the Law of Inertia and Jupiter's four moons. The telescope was greatly improved by Galileo.
Impact on Today
Galileo's improvement of the telescope changed the way people view the solar system and the universe. The telescope gave him the support to prove the Earth go around the Sun. Heliocentric is now accepted because of this evidence.
Interesting Facts
- Galileo moved from Padua to Florence
- Galileo took a position at the court of the Medici family
- Produced 2 treatises
- Master of both poet text and Geometric lore
- Hobbies:Drawing and Inventing things
- Became blind at the age of 72
- Was under house arrest at the age of 69 til death
Telescope
Inertia
Space
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