Galileo Galilei

Some of these scientists like Galileo and Copernicus printed books that were later banned by the Church. Unlike Copernicus who died soon after his book got published, Galileo went through interrogations and in 1633, Pope Urban VII imprisons him. Galileo and Copernicus proposed the theory we now know to be true; that “the Earth revolved around the sun” (Leveillee). The Church did not agree with…

and feel an urge, something pulling us towards the stars. Many people have been influential in discoveries involving the stars and the planets beyond. From Galileo Galilei to Stephen Hawking, we have learned and discovered amazing things about the universe, and in recent discoveries we have wondered if we can go to another planet. Galileo Galilei has been an enormous influence to the discoveries of astronomy. For example, “in 1609 he built his first telescope and began making observations”…

In the beginnings of the creation of a model of our planetary system, Greek philosopher Aristotle stated that Earth could be found at the center of the universe, giving birth to an idea called "geocentrism" around 300 B.C. This belief consisted of planets orbiting Earth in perfectly circular paths called "epicycles". This worked for a while, but as more and more observations were done, the model started to fall apart, with a multitude of additional corrections changing the model until it was no…

Long ago, people believed that the Earth was the center of the universe, and that all the stars, planets, and other celestial bodies orbited around it. However, as pivotal discoveries were made and new theories emerged, society gained a much more insightful understanding of the cosmos above. In the second century, an astronomer by the name of Claudius Ptolemy proposed his geocentric model of the solar system, which depicted Earth in the center of the universe and the planets and the Sun…

Galileo Galilei once said, “Passion is the genesis of genius”. I think of Galileo Galilei as an example of the relationship between Culture and Personal Passion. Through his personal history, the force of his ideas and his impetus he became one of the most inspiring people for the humankind. Our current conception of the universe's order, the bases of the modern notion of nature and Jupiter's four moons are some of his discoveries, findings that by the way, continue resonating. Today, we…

Newton’s Laws of Motion Have you ever wondered a soccer ball continues to move long after your foot has lost contact? Or why you can coast downhill on a bicycle but going uphill you have to pedal to get to the top? Or maybe you’ve asked, why do we use seatbelts and airbags in cars? All of these seemingly complex questions can be explained by three simple rules called Newton’s Laws. For most, Newton’s Laws call up some hazy memory from childhood. You may have instantly remembered “An object in…

Robert Boyle is known as the “Father of Chemistry”, as he was a well-known philosopher, chemist, physicist, and inventor. He made many contributions to science, particularly chemistry, philosophy, and even some physics. Although he never married or had children, Boyle spent his life excelling in his field of study in chemistry; however, his other work included hydrostatics, physics, and even medicine. Boyle was born on January 25, 1627. He lived in a town called Lismore, County Waterford, in the…

named Galileo Galilei is considered one of the first to pave the way towards the ‘revolution’. He was “born at Pisa in Tuscany, of which the chief city was Florence, on 15 February 1564, within a day or two of the death of that great figure of the Cinquecento, Michelangelo, and died in 1642, the year of the birth of Isaac Newton, the master mind of modern science”. During…

Introduction In 1686, in the book, Principia Mathematica Philosophiae Naturalis, Sir Isaac Newton penned his three laws of motion. In the first law he states that, “Every body perseveres in its state of rest… unless it is compelled to change that state by forces impressed thereon.” (p. 83) His second law builds upon this principle, “The alteration of motion is ever proportional to the motive forces impressed.” (p. 83) Newton’s third law, perhaps the most famous, serves to tie the three…

others, which were also believed to be more true than the previous ones(Bertie.ccsu.edu., n.d.) For instance, the common belief that the earth is at the center of the universe was eventually replaced by Galileo Galilei’s discovery that indeed the sun is at the center of the solar system. Galileo Galilei’s discovery was proved true due to the improved and increased knowledge and research that came to humans with time. Humans once believed previous research that Earth was…