Galileo affair

Nicolaus Copernicus was one of the most innovative astronomers during renaissance, he is best known as “The founder” of modern astronomy. He became famous thanks to his studies on the sky and the revolutionary motion of the earth finding out that the theory of geocentrism, at that time the one believed truth by people, was wrong. Instead of it he proposed the theory of heliocentrism which, in contrast to the geocentric one, proposes the sun at the center of universe instead of the earth. After…

time of Galileo a Dutch inventor invented something that can look for far away objects. It was a spyglass which Galileo took and improved upon. His improved version was a telescope. According to James Owen, “..but his version boosted the viewing power to eight-times magnification(James Owen).” This shows that Galileo made the telescope stronger so people can see distant objects. His telescope was better than the ones at the time. Also Victoria Jaggard wrote, “But in the fall of 1609 Galileo…

This was thought of by Nicolaus Copernicus. During those times Galileo, Johannes Kepler, Nicolaus Copernicus and René Descartes built the foundation of a new science. Who were these scientists? Well, Galileo was the scientist who published “The Operations of the Geometrical and Military Compass,” “The Starry Messenger,” “Discourse on Bodies in Water” and “Dialogue Concerning the Two…

In March of 1781, William Herschel found an irregularity while studying the stars. At first he believed it was a star, but it was moving. Then he believed it was a comet. It was an accidental discovery that due to the unknown origins of it helped lead to a greater motivation to learn as much as they could about it. Herschel, along with the help of many other scientists in his field, spent countless out hours and months studying the measurements, paths, and movements of this ‘comet’. In 1783,…

The breakthroughs achieved by Galileo, Kepler, and Newton revolutionized our worlds understanding of the universe. They were willing to accept the consequences of their discoveries, and made surmountable contributions to the furtherment astronomy. Early astronomy at one time called archaeoastronom, struggled to comprehend how the universe allied with the nature of human kind. Early Greek astronomy searched for understanding outside traditional religious beliefs, and assumed a more philosophical…

Galileo Galilei Galileo Galilei was an intelligent astronomer, physicist, engineer, philosopher, and mathematician who contributed to scientific revolution during the Italian Renaissance. He was born in Pisa, Italy on February 15, 1564. When he was 8 years old, he and his family moved to Florence in 1574 where he was educated in the Camaldolese Monastery at Vallombrosa. He had interests and focused on Science and Mathematics until he died. Galileo Galilei is a hero because he contributed to…

Aristotelian view of the universe has been widely accepted by both scientists and theologians, though, Galileo Galilei’s observations in Siderius Nuncius, meaning “The Starry Messenger” in latin, has contradicted these beliefs. Galileo Galilei, born February 15, 1564, a renowned physicist, engineer, philosopher, and mathematician, invented an improved version of the optical telescope in 1610. Galileo was not the first to invent an optical telescope, an object used to…

Galileo Galilei was born February 15, 1564 in Pisa, Italy. He was a Tuscan (Italian) astronomer, physicist, mathematician, inventor, and philosopher and his father was a musician. His father had planned for him to study medicine, but he went to study mathematics. Galileo had many accomplishments / developments that change our world even till today. Galileo had many accomplishments that made him different from other people during the 15th century. He acquired his knowledge since his dad sent…

Galileo Galilei a huge influential and known for astronomer, physicist, philosopher and mathematician. Born on February 15 1564 at Pisa,Italy. My client,Sir Galileo Galilei should be release in the jail because he just wants to support Copernicus theory and has proven that his theory to be right. Sir Galileo abundant astronomical discoveries. The famous discovery that he made is the telescope, he came up with this discovery by hearing the invention of the telescope in Holland and his…

Galileo’s Trial Galileo Galilei, one of the smartest scientists in the world to ever live. He played a major role in the Scientific Revolution, discovering a variety of things using his telescope. If Galileo seemed like a good guy, what exactly did he do to be put on trial? The historical piece analyzed for this journal is known as “Trial of Galileo Galilei”, written on May 10, 1633. The author of this piece was Giorgio de Santillana. This historical piece it believed to be a primary source.…