Life of Galileo

Galileo vs. Plato: The Debate to Achieve Neutrality Whether it is democracy, electing officers, or asking the audience on Who Wants to Be a Millionaire, people tend to trust masses. A possible reasoning behind this presumption is: if the majority people think something, then it is probably true or best. While some authors, historians, philosophers, and other such experts agreed with such though, others have attempted to come up with a different solution in finding what is best for society. In…

Galileo Galilei was born on February 15, 1564, in Pisa, Italy. He was the first of six children born to Vincenzo Galilei, a well-known musician and music theorist, and Giulia Ammannati. In 1574, his family moved to Florence, where Galileo began his formal education at the Camaldolese monastery in Vallombrosa. Galileo Galilei is remembered for several things but one in particular was making observations that essentially set the foundation for modern physics and astronomy. Galileo was never…

all the lens that they had. Telescope was invented to see the stars and things that cant be seen by any other thing, vision becomes reality. The purpose of the telescope was for people that want a future with astronomy work. To explore new things in life and its also a great education to learn for our community and everyone. This has a amazing impact on our society because if it wasn't for this, we wouldn't be known whats up there and this had become a better effect on working astronauts. They…

model of the solar system was widely accepted as fact for over 2,000 years and was later named the geocentric model. Two scientists that came later on changed the world's view of the solar system, these two scientists were Nicolaus Copernicus and Galileo Galilei. Yet the question still remains as to how they changed their and minds and eventually the world’s mind. People must change their mind when a figure of authority influences them to and when there is evidence behind the claim. Nicolaus…

the experiment, and results was get: By observing the height listed, only the “128+96 Pages” and “96 Pages (SA*2)” was relatively accurate than other numbers on the chart. Apart from experiment being proved by Galileo, this experiment had many parts needed to be improved. Not…

The Life of Leonhard Euler Leonhard Euler was born on April 15, 1707, in Basel, Switzerland. He was the first of six children in a minister's family. His father, Paul Euler, a Protestant preacher, taught young Euler mathematics but wanted him to be a minister. Paul Euler married Margaret Brucker, the daughter of another Protestant minister. He had two younger sisters named Anna Maria and Maria Magdalena (newworldencyclopedia). He died on September 18, 1783 from a cerebral hemorrhage. Euler…

Copernicus brought up the idea of a heliocentric solar system, and wrote a book that is still considered the best book ever written on astronomy. He has prompted the work of many scientists after him and we still believe in a heliocentric universe. The life of Copernicus began sad but soon turned into something wonderful before his death in 1543. Copernicus was born February 19, 1473 in Tourn, Poland. His father was a wealthy merchant who unfortunately died when Copernicus was 10 years old. …

Ancient Greece in 4th Century B.C up until the late 16th century/early 17th century that model was used to show that every planet moves in a system of two spheres. These spheres were called deferent and epicycle, which both rotated clockwise. Before Galileo Galilei, astronomer, physicist and philosopher, defied this geocentric model for a heliocentric one and before Johannes Kepler, the astrologer, astronomer and mathematician, changed the views on planetary motion there was a spark…

Ptolemy, Aristotle's theories, and Christian theology. However, as the astronomical revolution began to disembark, the Ptolemaic Theory was contradicted. The work, mathematical synthesis, and observations of astronomers such as Copernicus, Kepler, and Galileo set forth a new perspective of the universe. Their discoveries began to slowly eliminate the Ptolemaic System and a heliocentric universe began to cultivate. In essence, the Ptolemaic System began to deteriorate, and a new view of the…

I decided to research discovery and exploration and William Herschel's discovery of Uranus. I had a lot of fun researching this. William Herschel was an organist for part of his life, and when he settled in England, he decided to expand his interests in music. One particular author of music theory, Professor Robert Smith, also wrote an article on optics and telescopes, and this is what inspired Herschel to adopt a love for astronomy. Most professional astronomers of his day focused on…