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    Galileo Galilei was born the oldest of 6 brothers and sisters in Pisa, Italy, on February 15, 1564. Early in his life, he developed interests in music, as well as math and physics. As a young man, Galileo attended the University of Pisa, where he studied medicine to become a doctor. However, he later left the university due to financial issues, but continued to study mathematics on his own. In 1609, Galileo constructed his first telescope- a device which he would later use to make his well-…

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    related to it. The Scientific Revolution was in the 17th century (1543-1687). In The Scientific Revolution mathematics was key to understanding the nature of things in the universe as renaissance thinkers believed. Nicolaus Copernicus,Johannes Kepler, Galileo Galilei, and Isaac Newton were all great mathematics who believed the secrets of nature were written in the language of mathematics. The Scientific Revolution…

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    Tycho Brahe Childhood

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    Tycho Brahe was born in 1546 in a Danish high nobility family, during a time in which Denmark had just transitioned from Roman Catholic to Lutheran, and had emerged as a dominant power that not only covered the area of modern Denmark, but of Norway and Iceland. Tyco was raised by his uncle Jorgen, who wanted a child so dearly that he abducted Tycho from Tycho’s parents. Born to one of the most prominent families in Denmark, Tycho’s led an early life with privilege and indulgence. He was educated…

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    Sir William Herschel

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    Jack sladek Bible 10/26/2015 Mrs. Hunter William Herschel Sir William Herschel was born in November 15 1738 and died august 25 1822 but in his life he was a great man and he did great things he obsessed with the heaven and this dived him to become a German scientist and made breathes in the science and life and he was knighted because of great breathes. Sir William Hershel went in to the field of astronomy. Ever since he was a young boy he was obsessed with the heavens he wanted know what…

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    win Galileo Galilee wanted to a Science ear. Galileo farther want Galileo to be a to study medicine to be a Dr. Galileo want to be science. Well Galileo did go to the University of Pisa to study medicine. I to make his farther happy. Galileo Galilee was born in Italy February 15,1564. Galileo died in Artery Italy on January 8,1642.Galileo was 77 years old and he was the 7 oldest children. Galileo father was a musician and wool trader. Galileo father wanted Galileo to study medicine. Galileo…

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    Darwin Vs Plato Essay

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    It’s an honor that I successfully invited Plato, one of the Big Three of Greek philosophy, to Cemetery News for an interview. Editor: Mr. Plato, you used to firmly believe that there were two realms and forms only existed in the realm of forms. Forms were incorporeal, intangible and insensible while objects in our world, which was the material realm, were imperfect replica of those forms (Lindberg 13); forms are regular geometrical shapes like triangles (Lindberg 26). Now that you’ve read some…

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    This was one of many awards Galileo received throughout his life. However, is position was not enough for Galileo, so he sought to be the chairman of mathematics at the University of Bologna, but they did not give him the job. Even though he did not get that job, he was asked by the “Florentine Academy to give two lectures about a prestigious literary group, on the arrangement of the world in Dante’s Inferno” (Helden). After doing that, he discovered an ingenious idea about the center of…

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    Credit Project Galileo Galilei Galileo Galilei is a mathematician, astronomer, and a book publisher. Galileo Galilei was born on February 15, 1564, Pisa Florence Italy. Galileo Galilei was the first child in his family of six, and his parents being Vincenzo Galilei, a famous music theorist and musician, and his mother Giulia Ammannati. In 1583 he, went to the University of Pisa to study medicine. He was very successful in his academics high intelligence and a well-known talent, Galileo Galilei…

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    Galileo Galilei’s contributions to science was great. After building his own telescope, he became the first person to study this stars. Galileo’s first discovery was that Jupiter had four satellites circling it. He noted that these satellites were much like our Earth’s moon. Another one of Galileo’s more famous discoveries was the moon’s surface. It was previously thought by the Aristotelians that the moon’s surface was smooth, but upon further observation Galileo discovered that the moon was…

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    Galileo Research Paper

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    Galileo was born on February 15, in 1564 and died January 8, 1642.his parent Galileo parents were Vincenzo Galilei, and Giulia Ammannati , he had five siblings. His wife's name was Marina Gamba, he had 3 children. He was famous for discovering the four massive moons of Jupiter. He also created the pendulum clock, galileo was a great physicist and astronomer in my opinion. Galileo's young years were pretty hard I would say ,his family was poor but he did do well in school he was very…

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