Vincenzo Galilei

Galileo was an astronomer, physicist, and philosopher who played a big role in the scientific revolution of the seventeenth century. And also created an improved telescope to study the stars. One of his achievements was discovering four new “stars” orbiting Jupiter and the phases of Venus. In 1609 he built his first telescope improving the Dutch telescope, and made other observations about the moon’s surface other stars in the Milky Way. The four new moons were called Callisto, Europa,…

Section One: New Views of the Universe 1. What was the old (incorrect) Ptolemaic view of the universe? Ptolemaic view was that everything revolved around Earth. 2 Summarize Copernicus’ heliocentric system Copernicus’ view was that everything revolved around the sun. 3. What new invention did Galileo perfect and what did he use it to prove? Galileo perfected the telescope. He proved that there was satellites circling Jupiter with the use of the telescope. 4. How did the Catholic Church…

Galileo was a person of imagination. Throughout his life, he came across different things that provoked him with new ideas and create innovative thoughts. Starting from his childhood life, Galileo created his own world without even perceiving what was going on around him. Although he was an introvert, the knowledge he held within him was beyond imaginable. He started to see things that others couldn’t even fathom. Sure enough Galileo’s actions and thoughts established himself as an outsider. In…

Introduction The letter to the Grand Duchess Christina is one of the essays that was written by Galileo Galilei in the year 1615. Galileo wrote the letter for the sole purpose of accommodating Copernicanism with the Catholic Church doctrines. In his letter, Galileo tries hard to apply the idea of Church fathers as well as doctors to demonstrate the act of condemning Copernicanism was not in any way appropriate (Cropper, 2001). The time when the letter was written was characterized by a number…

Taking advantage of their faculty of reasoning and objective understanding, radicals have frequently increased and supplemented the public’s knowledge and intelligence in matters related to academia. For example, by developing a deep understanding of the Sun-centered theory of the universe, Galileo radically transformed the way science is done because now, science works primarily by persuasion and not by proof (Pentin 26). Making use of his own understanding, the scientist has developed methods…

Italy in the year 1620 is a very trying time for individuals who go against the Roman-Catholic doctrine. From the beginning of the first century when Christianity was introduced to the Italian peninsula, it rose to a powerhouse status as a social and religious leviathan (Kirsch). During this time period, the Church had the power to mandate, shape and enforce laws, giving harsh repercussions such as imprisonment or in exceptional cases, death for those who publically spoke against it (Wolfgang).…

Galileo Galilei was an Italian philosopher, mathematician and astronomer born on February 15, 1564. In 1581 Galileo attended the university of Pisa, where he was supposed to study medicine. However, he had a passion for mathematics and went thru that path. What brought him to the science of astronomy was that he heard about the invention of an artefact that made possible to see things far away as if there where nearby. Today he is going to give a lecture in astronomy. Therefore, I am going to…

Johannes Kepler was an infamous astronomer who had many ideas. He was very important during the Elizabethan era. At first nobody really listened to what he said but after years and years of work, he started to influence people. He created three major laws that influenced Isaac Newton. Even though Johannes Kepler wasn’t very well known, he greatly contributed to the knowledge of science during the Elizabethan era. Johannes Kepler published four books that showed his ideas and works. The first…

Galileo: Science, Scripture, and Truth Among the academics that fostered growth in developing European society and scholasticism, Galileo Galilei holds a hierarchy attributable to the highly dynamic time period that his life spanned, as well as an unmatchable intellect that fostered vital observations in the sixteenth century. Often defamed for his religiously controversial discoveries and scientific ideals, Galileo repeatedly rose to contest institutions, like the Catholic church and its…

We are going to start a study of sunspot today. And I think you will find it interesting. Now I am going to assume that you know that sunspots, in the most basic terms, are the dark spots on the Sun's surface. That ' Ll do for now. The ancient Chinese were the first to record observations of sunspots as the early as the year 165. When later European astronomers wrote about sunspots, they did not believe that the spots were put on the Sun. That's for their Belief at the time that the heavenly…