Galileo
Astronomer
Background
- Galileo was born February 15th 1564 in Piza, Italy
- Galileo died on January 8th 1642 in Arcetri, Italy
- Galileo was an Italian Astronomer
- Was the first born child to his father, Vincenzio Galilei
- Galileo started his formal education in Florence in the near by monastery of Vallombrosa in 1574
Achievments
- Galileo built his first telescope in 1609
- Galileo's first discovery was that the moon was mountainous and pitted.
- His first spontaneous discovery was that there were four moons orbiting Jupiter.
- Cosmo de-Medici named Galileo his personal mathmatition
Impact on Today
- Historians disagreed on Galileo's role as the "Founder of the modern science"
- Some people douted that experiments played any role at all in the scientific development
- Galileo's real originality lays in the way approached certain problems
Intresting Facts
- Galileo never married
- He had two daughters
- Galileo was missing his middle finger off of his right hand
- Galileo was blind during the last year of his life
Citations
Galileo. Professor Chris Mihos, n.d. Web. 4 Mar. 2014. <http://burro.astr.cwru.edu/>.
Smith, Mark A. "Galileo." World Book. N.p.: n.p., 2005. N. pag. Print.