Galileo Galilei
By Quinn Lasley
Galileo's Life
Galileo Facts
- Galileo's Father, Vincenzo, was a well-known musician
- Galileo became blind from looking at the sun
- Galileo had 3 children, but never married
- The Catholic Church banned all works regarding Copernican Theory until 1758
Galileo and the Ideas of Castiglione
Galileo's Teliscope
The Hydro Static Balance
Pendulum Clock
Sources Used
"Galileo Galilei." Galileo Galilei. NASA. Web. 23 Apr. 2015. <http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/whos_who_level2/galileo.html>.
"Galileo Galilei (1564‐1642)." British Journal of Sports Medicine. BMJ Group. Web. 23 Apr. 2015. <http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2564400/>.
"The Galileo Project | Biography | Telescope." The Galileo Project | Biography | Telescope. Galileo Project. Web. 23 Apr. 2015. <http://galileo.rice.edu/bio/narrative_6.html>.
First Picture: Museum of the History of Science. Web. 23 Apr. 2015. <https://www.mhs.ox.ac.uk/sis25/images/objects/42-1 hydrostatic balance-680.jpg>.
Second Picture: The-universe.ie. Web. 23 Apr. 2015. <http://www.the-universe.ie/html/multimedia/galileo-telescope.jpeg>.
Third Picture: Galileo Project. Galileo Project. Web. 23 Apr. 2015. <http://galileo.rice.edu/images/things/clock.gif>.
Picture of Galileo: Wikipedia. Web. 23 Apr. 2015. <http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d4/Justus_Sustermans_-_Portrait_of_Galileo_Galilei,_1636.jpg>.