Galileo Galilei was an Italian astronomer, physicist, engineer, philosopher, and mathematician, who made a great impact in modern science. He was born in Pisa on February 15, 1564 during the Renaissance era. Many mark the era of the Renaissance, as a time where modern science truly came to it’s peaking point. The Renaissance and Scientific Revolution were responsible for the introduction to some to science’s greatest modern theories. Galileo Galilei was known as the “father of modern science” due to his many contributions during his lifetime. In 1581, Galileo attended the University of Pisa to study medicine. There he discovered his talent for mathematics that soon began the journey to greater things. In 1585, Galileo gave up on the course of medicine and left without finishing his degree. He then began teaching mathematics privately in Florence, then from 1585-86 in Siena.
Archimedes’ story of him and the bathtub was well known during Galileo’s time and influenced many of his methods. Galileo was a great admirer of Archimedes’ and had adapted to many of his methods, including when he timed the oscillations (regular variation in magnitude or position around a central point) of …show more content…
In his unpublished series of essays titled De Motu (“On Motion”) Galileo had set out to write his theory on motion, which contained a known error at the time. In 1602, Galileo revisited his theory on motion. Over the course of 2 years he formulated the correct law of falling bodies. He came down to this discovery through his study of inclined planes and the pendulum, in which he worked out that a projectile follows a parabolic path. His conclusions to this are credited with conclusions foreshadowing Newton’s laws of motions. Some of Galileo’s greatest discoveries included the hydrostatic balance and the
Archimedes’ story of him and the bathtub was well known during Galileo’s time and influenced many of his methods. Galileo was a great admirer of Archimedes’ and had adapted to many of his methods, including when he timed the oscillations (regular variation in magnitude or position around a central point) of …show more content…
In his unpublished series of essays titled De Motu (“On Motion”) Galileo had set out to write his theory on motion, which contained a known error at the time. In 1602, Galileo revisited his theory on motion. Over the course of 2 years he formulated the correct law of falling bodies. He came down to this discovery through his study of inclined planes and the pendulum, in which he worked out that a projectile follows a parabolic path. His conclusions to this are credited with conclusions foreshadowing Newton’s laws of motions. Some of Galileo’s greatest discoveries included the hydrostatic balance and the