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    Astronomy Galileo has made a vast influence on Astronomy and has molded it into what it is currently. Galileo Galilei was not only an astrologist, but a physicist, mathematician, and philosopher. Galileo received the name “The Father of Modern Science”, he gained it due to his his role in the scientific revolution. Galileo is the one who put together most of experiment theory and mathematics into a common framework which influenced the scientific method. It is widely agreed upon Galileo is the person

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    Galileo is a well known Italian scientist and scholar who lived during the time of the Renaissance. Galileo was many things including an astronomer, mathematician, physicist, philosopher, and professor. Galileo made groundbreaking observations of nature with long-lasting implications for the study of physics. He also made a telescope and supported the Copernican theory, a theory that supports a sun-centered solar system. Also, Galileo was accused of heresy by the church for his beliefs twice

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    Galileo was a mathematician, astronomer, physicist, and teacher who played a major role in the scientific revolution during the Renaissance Era. Galileo put the concepts of experiments, theory and mathematics together to advance the scientific world. He is often referred to the Father of Science. Galileo was born February 15, 1564 in Pisa in the Duchy of Florence, Italy. He was the first of six children born of Giulia Ammannati and Vincenzo Galilei, a musician and music theorist. His family moved

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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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    philosophers, Galileo, discovered a new innovation that could have changed the viewpoint on the Church’s Scripture accuracy. Galileo discovered that the sun stayed still as the Earth revolved around it, which was the opposite of what the Church taught. During this time, it was very dangerous for Galileo to oppose the Church. This was because doubts about the Church would lead to a loss of its power and the people’s trust, which was unwanted. Therefore, it would result in punishment for Galileo. Some might

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    "Galileo, perhaps more than any single person, was responsible for the birth of modern science…Galileo was one of the first to argue that man could hope to understand how the world works, and moreover, that he could do this by observing the real world" . So, quoted Stephen Hawking. Galileo Galilei was a man who did not take others work for granted, testing and experimenting until theories, formulas, and inventions were proven or corrected. This way of thinking enabled him to prove some of Aristotles

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    Galileo Galilei was born into a world of inventions being originated on every corner. The world was thirsty for new and improved technology. Throughout Galileo’s years he will improve, discovery, and endeavor to become one of the most important scientist of western history. Along the journey he will encounter rough patches with the church, however never capitulate. He will set the basis for science; he was an agile scientist who had a huge impact on the world’s technology improvements and underlying

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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 was one of the most influential scientists of the Renaissance period. He was a mathematician, physicist, astronomer, a philosopher. He integrated the independent sciences of math and physics, and unified them. The popular view of the world, due to the Church overall power, at the time was Aristotle's theory that the the universe was geocentric or that the Earth was at the center of the universe.. Galileo went against that common belief and declared to the world that the Earth is not

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    In the time before Galileo, the Earth was considered the middle of the universe, there was no telescope and everyone believed in the same wrong thing, because of ancient philosopher's theories and no one to prove them wrong. The technologies that Galileo improved such as the telescope, magnified surroundings for looking at fine material and was also greatly needed in the field of astronomy for gazing at planets and moons. Nicholas Copernicus came up with the Copernican theory, but had no evidence

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