Life of Galileo

sky 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”…

We’ve all heard of Galileo, Newton, Copernicus,but there are much more Renaissance scientists who you never get to learn about. Some you hear about, some you don’t. Tycho Brahe is unknown to most but now you can hear about his part of history. Tycho Brahe was a Danish scientist who revolutionized astronomy with his work and made groundwork for greater scientists ahead of him. Tycho was born on December 14, 1546 in Denmark under a wealthy king and queen. He was an aristocrat and learned…

Nicholas Copernicus Nicholas Copernicus was a famous astronomer who is credited with the early 16th-century discovery that the sun is the center of the universe and that Earth and several other planets orbit it. Copernicus' discovery has now become known as the heliocentric solar system. Nicholas was a polyglot and polymath. He obtained a doctorate in canon law and was also a mathematician, astronomer, physician, classics scholar, translator, governor, diplomat, and economist. Nicholas…

university professor, Walter Lewin’s book For the Love of Physics, he describes physics as a way of seeing the world. Furthermore, Lewin shares how physics allows us to notice and appreciate the many invisible forces and phenomena which are present in daily life (Lewin 261-263). This perspective goes beyond the classroom and equations; it is a perpetual cycle of questioning why something happens and responding with an accurate, depictive answer. As we begin to ask more questions we become…

period, including the observations mentioned in his books as well as his study on Mars and planetary motion. Although Kepler was a very brilliant man, he didn’t exactly have an easy life. Kepler was born on December 27, 1571 in Württemberg, Germany. From then on, he grew up inspired by scientists like Galileo. As a child, Kepler was poor and had no way to afford any form of higher education. Fortunately, there was a scholarship that was given out by the Duke of Württemberg…

“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 south of Ireland, and was…

on to mentor an assistant named Johannes Kepler, who came up with the three laws of planetary motion. Theses laws would establish a concrete explanation behind the harmony amongst the stars. One of the most groundbreaking Copernican astronomers, Galileo Galilei was the first stargazer to observe the heavens with a telescope. This was a monumental happening – craters and rocky terrain on the surface of the Moon; the moons of Jupiter; spots on the surface of the sun; the phases of Venus. These…

I cannot walk upon your legs, or you upon mine.” This quote so clearly depicts why what Equality 7-2521 is doing is right. No person is created metaphysically bound to another person, so why should a person’s life be dependent on another’s. A person should be able to express his individuality and think for himself. A society where everyone must act and think the same is a society with little to no progression because if everyone must think the same the infinite…

discovered knowledge and made his own improved hypotheses which he later proved through experimentation. The first of Sir Isaac Newton’s contributions to the scientific revolution was applying the laws of gravitational force discovered previously by Galileo to our solar system. Newton’s improvement of Galileo’s law of gravitational force is denoted the title of…

Since the beginning of time, humans have had a fascination with cosmos. Many great scientists have helped with our lust and wondering of the great beyond. For example Galileo Galilei- a sixteenth-century Italian Astronomer, who invented his telescope to help cure his curstoutiy of the stars in the sky. Scientists with his common interests are what made it possible to travel into an outer domain. When looking at space travel, it is important to look at what made the soviets decide to travel into…