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    Who Is Galileo?

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    child’s looking glass made in 1608 morphed into a telescope by a man in 1609. This man was Galileo di Vincenzo Bonaiuti de' Galilei, a brilliant Italian mathematician, astronomer, physicist, philosopher and engineer. He improved the telescope magnifying it 3 times versus its original amplification. With the new and improved telescope revealing planets, mountains and craters on the moon moons around Jupiter; he proved the theory of the Earth revolving around the sun. He was born on the 15th of February

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    Galileo Galilei invented a telescope.This invention is very important because it could let scientist see stars,the moon and other planets and they could also study on the planet that they see too.before this invention they used glasses but if they didn't have glasses they would use eyeballs.He was born on February 15,1564. He died in January 8,1642.He died by his heart palpitations.He is from Pisa,Italy.He's A thinker because he made lots of other inventions and he had to think of how they work

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    seventeenth century,Galileo Galilei, an Italian physicist, mathemitician, astronomer, and philosopher, is known for improving the telescope and his support in Copernicanism. He was known as Galileo. He has many different names for his brilliant work and observations in astronomy. Some of his many names are “father of observational astronomy”, the “father of physics”. His main two achievements were improving the telescope and observations to support Copercanicusm. Galileo Galilei was born on February 15

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    Galileo Galilei was born in Pisa, Italy on February 15, 1564. He was the oldest son of Vincenzo Galilei and Giulia di Cosimo Ammannati. When Galileo was about eight years old, his family moved to Florence, where generations of the Galilei family had lived. In his early to middle teens, Galileo attended a monastery school located around Vallombrosa. In 1581, Galileo enrolled at the University of Pisa to pursue a career in medicine. He soon discovered his passion for mathematics and decided to switch

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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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    Galileo Galilei was born. Throughout his life he had numerous accomplishments including being the first person to study the sky with a telescope, which led to numerous other astronomically astronomical discoveries. If he would not have existed we may never have uncovered many of the truths about space and astronomy. Galileo Galilei was a man of thought and curiosity, these characteristics led him to be one the most well known and influential scientists in the world today. Vincenzo Galilei and Giulia

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    groups, nations, and religions. Galileo Galilei was one of those individuals. He had a positive impact on science by supporting the heliocentric theory and helping improve the telescope. Galileo Galilei was known as one of the most profound scientists during the Renaissance period, but have you ever wondered what led him to become a well-known scientist? He was born in Pisa, Italy, February 15, 1564 where he lived part of his life with his parents, Vincenzo Galilei, Giulia di Cosimo Ammannati, and his

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    Galileo Galilei Essay

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    Galileo Galilei The renaissance was a great time in history it started in Italy and spread to Europe it took time from the 14 to the 17 centuries. The renaissance means rebirth in French and that’s what the renaissance actually did. It was the rebirth of arts, philosophy, religion, music, literjs and how the people use to think. A lot of things changed people used to pay the church to remove their sins and when the renaissance they actually started doing good deeds to remove their sins. And oil

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    Galileo's Accomplishments

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    Galileo was one of the most popular inventors know of time. He had a theory of the Earth revolving around the Sun. The Catholic Church did not like this theory and had a trial against Galileo and put him under house arrest in 1633 and Galileo died 1642 nine years of being in house arrest. His other punishment was he had to repeat penitential psalms once a week for three years . Galileo was a very interesting, creative person. He was a person of interest and he took the opportunities he could

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    Galileo Galilei is considered one of the greatest scientists of all time. He was an Italian mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher who very strongly supported Copernicanism, which is the idea that the earth orbits the sun. It was hard to advocate Copernicanism because it was a very controversial idea during that time. Galileo was a leader in the Scientific Revolution. He made discoveries in the sciences of motion, astronomy, and strength of materials. In motion, his famous scientific discoveries

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