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    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…

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    it within himself.” Galileo Galilei made Mathematics and philosophy his profession, against his fathers thoughts that he should go into medicine. He emerged as the scientist who discovered four of jupiters moons. Without Galileo, we probably wouldn't have known that the speed an object falls is not proportional to its weight. Galileo was the oldest of Vincenzo Galileis children. He was sent to the university of piza to study medicine. Despite his fathers protests, Galileo made mathematical…

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    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”…

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    Galileo Galilei The Founder of The Moons Galileo Galilei was a very interesting scientist, who made extraordinary discoveries. With telescopes, Galileo made discoveries of the planets, stars, and moons. What was his life like when he was a child, what education did he have, what were his discoveries and what is he most famous for? How many years did it take him to find his discoveries? Galileo’s life when he was young was lovely. In his family he had a brother named…

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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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    Kofi Annan, a Ghanaian diplomat, said, “Knowledge is power. Information is liberating. Education is the premise of progress, in every society, in every family.” Galileo Galilei’s life was a battle against the Catholic church because he was seeking to prove an idea that was against their teachings. After years of research, Galileo came to the conclusion that the Earth revolved around the Sun. To the church, the Earth and the Pope were the center of the universe because they were made by God…

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    modern world. The decline of feudalism allowed Europeans to have more freedom. New opportunities presented themselves, people were becoming educated and even moving into better social classes. Galileo Galilei was the first out of six descendants from Vincenzo Galilei, an Italian composer (History.com Staff). Galileo was born in Pisa, Italy in 1564 and later on his family moved to Florence in 1572 (Machamer). The scientist was able to make revolutionary discoveries in the fields of physics,…

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    Galileo Galilei Physics

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    Galileo Galilei was one of the scientist that studied sound during the 1500’s (“sound”). To some people even say he is one of the greatest scientist especially for the topic of sound (“sound”). People claim this because Galileo was able to show the pitch of a sound was calculated by how often sound waves passed (“sound”). Although Galileo Galilei made a great contribution to the understanding of sound he was not the only…

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    Galileo Galilei Galileo Galilei was born on February 15, 1564 in Pisa, Italy and died on January 8, 1642. He was born to the parents Vincenzo Galilei and Giulia degli Ammannati. Galileo’s father was a lutenist, composer, and music theorist. Galileo was the oldest of six children, although only three only siblings lived through infantry. His family was part of nobility but was not rich. They moved to Florence, Italy in the early 1570’s. Never marrying, Galileo had three children with Marina…

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    Galileo's Tribulation

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    and revolutionary ideas. Galileo Galilei, a controversial figure in the 1600s, was a famous scientist, writer, and researcher. He was born February 1564 in Pisa Italy, the oldest of six children. His father was a composer and musician. Throughout his life, Galilei thoroughly studied topics such as speed, pendulums, and telescopes. Galilei concluded after months of watching the sky that Copernicus was correct: that the planets rotate around the sun instead of the earth. Galilei learned this…

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