Vincenzo Galilei

There are 67 moons that orbit Jupiter but the four largest are Io, Europa, Ganymede and Callisto. The man who found the moons, was Galileo Galilei who was born in Pisa in 1564, in 1581 he went to the University of Pisa to study medicine. But was sidetracked by mathematics, in 1609 is when he built his first telescope but it wasn’t no ordinary telescope. This telescope Galileo built he could discover uncharted territory. To Galileo it seemed plainly obvious that the universe was not the perfect…

Galileo later then expanded on Copernicus’s theory and to prove it, Galileo and made the telescope better. He saw the farthest into the universe than anyone before. He saw that there were craters on the surface of the moon. He saw that there were spots on to sun. Galileo was that there were multiple moons were orbiting Jupiter. He observed Venus moving through phases much like Earth’s moon. This information persuaded Galileo that Copernicus was right. Just as Jupiter’s moons orbited that giant…

Galileo Galilei created the telescope, used persistence to innovate ways to overcome the church (that was against him and didn’t want him to study space) and continue with improving the telescope and making a major breakthrough on studies of space. Galilei is extremely famous for improving the telescope. Most people think he invented the telescope, but he actually learned about a telescope created by Dutch eyeglass makers and fixed it up and made his own, better version. Sailors learned about…

In 1633, Galileo was convicted by the Roman Catholic Church for believing and voicing his opinion about the idea that the sun is the center of the universe. Galileo was an astronomer and he believed that the earth and planets revolved around the sun. Galileo is well known today, as is his life story. In Galileo’s Daughter, Sobel tells the story of Galileo as well as the tale of Galileo’s daughter, Maria Celeste. Although the book is named Galileo’s Daughter, the book is more about Galileo’s lift…

Under the International Year of Astronomy, 400 years from Galileo Galilei discovered Saturn's rings and disprove claims about the alleged lack of perfection of the Moon and Mars' rotation around the Earth, the National Autonomous University of Mexico, through the Directorate General for Promotion of Science and the Institute of Nuclear Sciences, pays tribute to legendary Italian astronomer with the exhibition "The Galilean Month" in the Universum Science Museum. Lectures by scientists and…

Dear Your Holiness, Galileo studied Copernicus’s theory about how the sun and other planets circulate around us. So then Galileo wanted to see for himself, he made his improved telescope and took a look at jupiter, then made a discovery of four planets that are circling around it. Galileo wrote many books as well and published them, most of them were about his theories and inventions. Galileo had made many discoveries and many inventions. He made mostly inventions because, after being banned…

An important topic is being discussed and it concerns Nicolaus Copernicus. Nicolaus Copernicus was born in Thorn, Poland on February 19, 1473. He was the son of a wealthy merchant. He studied mathematics, medicine, science and astrology at three different Universities. Nicolaus Copernicus later discovered many great findings about our solar system, but none of his discoveries were accepted until his death on May 24, 1543. Indeed there are many opinions about his contributions to the scientific…

In my opinion, Galileo’s letter written to the Grand Duchess Mother was expressed with all honesty and seriousness concerning his beliefs of his discoveries. Also, he wanted to prove to others by demonstrating that the science of nature does not necessarily mean that he is against the faith. Of course every research has their straights and imperfections. In that period, man who were faithful to the Christian religion began to criticise Galileo due to his dissenting opinion on the motion of Earth…

Aristarchus of Samos was not only an astronomer but also a mathematician. He lived between 310–230 B.C. and belonged to the Pythagorean School of Thought (Heath). His mathematical knowledge helped him to discover great advances in the world of astronomy. His writing The Sizes and Distances of the Sun and Moon is his only surviving text (Aristarchus ‘16). Aristarchus’ description of the solar system was similar to our modern one and this was about 1500 years before Copernicus made his geocentric…

Gravitation - Movement, or a tendency to move, towards a centre of gravity, as in the falling of bodies to the earth. (Oxford Dictionary) Introduction : For centuries, mankind has always been fascinated by the celestial bodies. The motion of the stars and planets were at once a symbol of the divine order of the universe and a profound challenge for human understanding. For the ancient Greeks the separation between the terrestrial and celestial realms was absolute--the downward motion of…