Transcript Galileo Galilei

Galileo Galilei
“We cannot teach people anything; we can only help them
discover it within themselves.” -Galileo Galilei
By: Gracie Parrish, Ceara Nolan, & Allie Merritt
Basic Facts:
Full Name:Galileo di
Vincenzo Bonaiuti de’
Galilei
Born: February 15, 1564 in
Pisa, Duchy of Florence,
Italy
Died: January 8, 1642 at
age 77 in Arcetri, Grand
Duchy of Tuscany, Italy
Basic Facts (cont.):
Where he was born: Pisa, Italy
Family: He was the first of six children. His
parents were Vincenzo Galilei and Giulia
Ammannati. Galileo did not have a wife, but
he had a long term relationship with Maria
Gamba. They had three children, Virginia,
Livia, and Vincenzo.
Education & later life
Where he went to college: University of Pisa
How he would think of astronomy today: He would be fulfilled of
how his inventions, compasses, and telescopes revolutionized
astronomy and biology.
Why Galileo was “wanted”: Galileo was a very important
astronomer and physicist from his first discovery of the fulcrum in 1593
to 1609 when he made his biggest mark on history by inventing the
telescope. He also proved the Copernican System (the Earth along
with other planets rotate around the sun) which changed our
perspective on the universe today.
Inventions & Work
The telescope: Galileo was among the first to use a refracting telescope to
observe the stars, and the first to use a microscope to observe biological structures.
He did not invent the telescope, but he did improve the magnification of it and
revised it to be better.
Where he worked: He taught at the University of Padua and that is where he
did the majority of his work.
Other jobs: Galileo was a physicist, mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher.
He was a mathematics teacher at the University of Padua.
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