Galileo Galilei
Galileo Galilei was an Italian physicist, mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher. He was a brilliant scientist.
* HIS EARLY LIFE *
Galileo was born in 1564 in Pisa, Italy. He was the first of six children of Vincenzo Galilei and Giulia Ammannati. His father was a famous musician.
Galileo's early education was in a monastery. From there, in 1581, he went to the university of Pisa, where he was a student of medicine and mathematics. Then from 1592 to 1610 he went to the university of Padha. He wasn't a student at this university - he was a professor of mathematics and astronomy. Galileo was the father of three children - two daughters and a son - but he wasn't married to their mother.
* HIS SCIENTIFIC LIFE *
Galileo made excellent telescopes. With them he could see moons going round the planet Jupiter and the planet Venus going round the Sun. At the time, there was the belief that the Earth was the center of the universe and the Sun went round the Earth. However, by 1610 Galileo's was that the Earth was not the center of our universe. Galileo said that the sun was the center, and the Earth moved around it.
* HIS LAST YEARS*
Some religious organizations were not happy with Galileo's theories. His ideas were dangerous because they were different from the ideas in the Bible. Finally in 1634 there was a trial. Galileo was 70 And not in good health so he was not sent to prison, but he could not leave his house in Florence. It was there he died in 1642. He was 78 years Old and completely blind.
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