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    microscope. This allowed people to see a magnified version of objects. *** Around 1593, Galileo Galilei invented a water thermoscope, or thermometer. This water thermometer allowed variations in temperature to be measure for the first time. The last invention here is the telescope. It is not completely clear who invented it, but the credit is often given to Hans Lippershey. What you need to know is that Galileo improved the telescope. First he made it to a power of 3 and then later on improved that

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    and the use of mathematics to prove them.” Adding on to this quote Galileo used his knowledge of mathematics and incorporate it into his scientific work. Using mathematics in science was a major advancement to technology of the modern day. Galileo made telescoped but wanted more. He would soon make a decision of making a telescope the view the universe. Later on he would discover certain things, such as the Moon and Venus. Galileo would notice, that Venus had certain stages similar to the moon.

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    The Father of Modern Science: Galileo Galilei Galileo Galilei is an important historical figure who is known as the Father of Modern Science. He was a polymath meaning he excelled in many sciences. He was a physicist, an astronomer, a mathematician, and an excellent inventor. Galileo greatly affected history and if he had not made his discoveries it is possible that we could be living in a very different world today. In the beginning… Galileo Galilei was born on February 15, 1564, in Pisa, Italy

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    Church forbid any teaching that deviated from what was taught in the Bible. To enforce this control, the Church set up the Inquisition. Galileo was targeted by the Inquisition for his observations and experiments. 2 Because his teachings differed from the socially accepted ideas of Aristotle, the Inquisition believed he should be persecuted. Even though

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    Galileo Galilei, born 15th February 1564 and died 8th January 1642, was an Italian astronomer, physicist, engineer, philosopher, and mathematician. He played a major role in the Renaissance scientific revolution, and widely thought of being one of the greatest scientists of all time. Born and raised in Pisa, which was then part of the Duchy of Florence Italy, Galileo was the eldest of six children of Giulia Ammannati and Vincenzo Galilei, a famous lute player. From his father he learnt from an

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    Galileo was known as one of the best astronomers of all time. He change the way we saw the world by a single theory. Galileo changed the world by bringing in his theory about the earth and the heavens, into a time and culture where he could have gotten hurt just by the idea of it. Galileo Galilei was born in Pisa, Italy, on February 15, 1564. He was named after an ancestor, a doctor and magistrate named Galileo. (Land 16) In honor, the rest of the family changed their names from Bonajuti to Galilei

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    Reading Response #2 The Trial of Galileo In the early seventeenth century there was a conflict between a young scientist named Galileo Galilei and the Roman Catholic Church. Knowing the cost heresy, Galileo stood up for what he could prove. Taking a stance with a universe that one could observe, was greater to Galileo than to take a stance with the souls of men which no man can observe. 1) Galileo was silenced because of what he wrote. Why had he published these works, and why did the Church

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    Galileo Galilei Galileo followed his families’ footsteps by studying medicine at the University of Pisa. Later, he was inspired to study time intervals. He convinced his father to let him change his study to mathematics and natural philosophy. Galileo created many things such as the thermo scope, the hydrostatic balance, and ideas for the pendulum clock. He succeeded in experiment, theory and mathematics. A whole new way of thinking was created because of him. This scientist contributed to astronomy

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    Have you ever looked to the stars and wondered how we could ever see something so far away? Well we can, greatly in part to a man named Galileo Galilei. Galileo made many contributions to modern science. Probably the most well known of Galileo's contributions to science is the invention of the telescope. Galileo’s life consisted of many important events; there were two main people who helped him do what he did; he made many important inventions and discoveries; and his discoveries are the basis of

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    defined by Merriam-Webster, is “respect that is given to someone who is admired”. I believe that honor is given to someone out of respect for something great they have done, however; I also believe that honor must be earned through judicious behavior. Galileo Galilei, born in Pisa in the year 1564, at the height of the Renaissance, is known today for his discovery of several moons orbiting around Jupiter - this being the first discovery that other planets besides the Earth had orbiting moons; as well as

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