Galileo
By Aidan Isenstadt
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Galileo Galilei was born in Pisa, Italy, February 15 1564. Although Galileo's father wanted him to be a musician like himself, he decided to dedicate himself to science. Galileo is credited with 6 scientific published works that include;Sidereus Nuncius (Sidereal Messenger), Lettere sulle macchie solari (Letters on sun spots), Lettera a Madama Cristina (Letters to the Grand Duchess
Christina), Il saggiatore (The Assayer), Dialogo (Dialogue on the Two
Chief Systems of the World), and Discorsi (Discourse on the
Two New Sciences).Also, Galileo studied the pendulum immensely in 1602 and discovered that the pendulum's swings will never end. All in all, he influenced modern science by discovering Jupiter's moons, creating the science of motion, and provided a detailed sketch of our moon
Explanation
•Galileo also made many discoveries
-finding jupiters moons
-Creating the science of motion
-providing a sketch of the moon
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Explanation
-Galileo wrote "we see no less sensibly of the satalites of Jupiter
-Galileo studied the satalites for a month and they appeared to orbit Jupiter
-Galileos discoveries helped support the heliocentric model of our universe
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-Galileo tested smaller and larger bodies of mass falling from the same height and found they fall at the same rate
-he rolled metal spheres down ramps and they rolled at the same speed
-he wrote the first accurate laws of motion
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Finally, Galileo provided a detailed sketch of the moon as he saw through his telescope. According to The Galileo project (Rice University) "Galileo Noticed dark and light spots that changed as time passed". He realized that if the light was hitting the moon differently in different places then the "spots" wouldn't move, but Galileo noticed the "spots" moving which proved his theory that there were abnormalities on the face of the moon. Galileo's sketch showed abnormalities in the surface, "Which projects in some places the great spots adjacent regions are always brighter as I have noticed in drawing my illustrations." (Siderus Nuncius). In other words he drew elaborate sketches of our moon. The drawings showed that there were abnormalities in the surface. The church at the time had believed that the darker and lighter spots on the moon were just the light hitting the surface differently. Galileo led the way for later astronomers to look up at the sky with an improved tool which influenced modern science.
Explanation
-Galileo's sketch showed abnormalities in the surface of the moon
-the church at the time belived that the darker and lighter spots was light hitting the moon differently
Conclusion
Explanation
Galileo created the science of motion
Galileo provided a detailed sketch of the moon