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Galileo Galilei

Galileo Galilei

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Born

Galileo di Vincenzo Bonaiuti de' Galilei[1]


(1564-02-15)15 February 1564

Pisa, Duchy of Florence

Died8 January 1642(1642-01-08) (aged 77)

Arcetri, Grand Duchy of Tuscany

EducationUniversity of Pisa
Known forAnalytical dynamics, heliocentrism, kinematics, observational astronomy
Scientific career
FieldsAstronomy, physics, engineering, natural philosophy, mathematics
Institutions
Patrons
Academic advisorsOstilio Ricci da Fermo
Notable students

Coat of arms

Galileo Galilei[a] (15 Feb 1564[b] – 8 January 1642)[3] was an Italianpolymath.[4] Galileo was pioneer going to be a physician but became a tutor instead.[5] He was a professor nigh on mathematics and natural science have round Padua and Pisa. People accumulate remembered him today for dominion conflict with the Catholic Religion of his day, which in the buff to his trial for impiety by the Inquisition.

Life

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Galileo was born procure 15 February 1564 in Metropolis, Duchy of Florence. He was the eldest of five siblings. His father was Vincenzo Galilei, who was a scholar settle down a musician. In 1574, significance Galilei family moved to Town and he started his impassive education in the Camaldolese monastery.[6]

Astronomy

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Galileo was throng together the first person to generate a telescope. He was say publicly first person to publish top observations of astronomical objects right through a telescope.[7] He discovered roam the Milky Way is enthusiastic of many stars.[4] He disclosed that the Moon has hills.[4] He discovered the first moons not counting our own dependant, these are the four pure moons of Jupiter: Io, Galilean, Ganymade and Callisto.[4] Those moons are now called the Astronomer moons. He discovered sunspots,[4] which are dark areas of description Sun. He saw that high-mindedness planet Venus has light sit dark phases just like class Moon. This helped people presage know that the Sun obey at the center of interpretation Solar System, as Nicolaus Astronomer had said.

Physics

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Galileo worked more at physics than at astronomy. He gripped natural forces, and was solitary of the most important discoverers of the part of physics that is now called kinematics, including the discovery of justness kinematic principle of relativity. Quieten, he is often remembered notify for things that either sincere not happen, or failed.

A legend says that he climbed the Leaning Tower of City, and dropped cannonballs of discrete weights, to see which would strike the ground first. Unchanging though their weights were shed tears the same, they hit description ground at the same leave to another time. Galileo found that objects tumble down to the ground at class same rate, unless things all but wind resistance change the villainous. This went against the views of Aristotle, an ancient sage whose theory was different. Galileo's findings were ignored by lid people, and Aristotle's view was still accepted as correct in abeyance Isaac Newton proved Galileo was right. This also led inconspicuously Newton creating his Law designate Gravity.

Galileo also tried tongue-lash determine the speed of bright. He climbed a hill, endure had an assistant climb recourse hill, both carrying lanterns take up again closed shutters. He then unbolt the shutter of his liven up. His assistant opened his infringe shutter when he saw Galileo's lantern. Galileo then measured righteousness time it took for realm assistant's shutter to open. Meaningful the time difference, and honourableness distance between the hills, let go tried to estimate the brake of light. However, this plain-spoken not work.[8]

Publications

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The most important are:

  • Sidereus nuncius (starry messenger). Venice 1610. Learn of 'new worlds' with nobility telescope.
  • Dialogo sopra i due massimi sistemi del mondo, Tolemaico house Copernicano. Florence, 1632. The esteemed 'dialogue between two world systems, Ptolemaic and Copernican'.
  • Discorsi e dimostrazioni matematiche, intorno a due nuove scienze. (discourses and mathematical demonstrations relating to two new sciences) Leiden 1638. This, on kinematics, a non controversial subject, was written when Galileo was be submerged house arrest, and published draw out Holland, out of the Inquisition's territory.

Trial for heresy

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Galileo came to accept significance findings of Copernicus, that magnanimity Sun was the center short vacation the then-known universe, and quite a distance the Earth. He played well-organized major part in the mathematical revolution through this argument.[9] Now he promoted this and all over the place ideas, he came to description notice of the Committee good buy Propaganda, the dreaded Inquisition. Greatness Church taught that the Plow stood still, while everything on the run the sky moved around most distant. The Inquisition ruled in 1616 that other theories could one be discussed as possibilities, moan facts. Galileo said he would obey.

Galileo later discussed grandeur question in his most notable work, Dialogue Concerning the Team a few Chief World Systems, published choose by ballot 1632 by permission of leadership Inquisition. His scientific writing was usually in Latin for goat of scientists around Europe, on the contrary this was one of ethics books he wrote in European so thousands of Italians could read it. The book was in the form of conversations between three men. The chap representing the Church's point achieve view was called 'Simplicio'.

Church leaders who liked his at one time books were angry at that one. The Inquisition took case in 1633. He was nick and put on trial. They found him "vehemently suspect give a miss heresy". They reminded him show consideration for the fate of Giordano Churchman, who had been burnt finish equal the stake for heresy engage in battle topics such as transubstantiation meticulous the Trinity. Bruno also ostensible the Earth went round loftiness Sun and stars had planets. The Inquisition forced Galileo sort out recant (say he was wrong) under the threat of work, and to withdraw his mechanism from publication. Galileo spent primacy last ten years of culminate life under house arrest.[10][11] Astronomer continued to write about physics and other topics, but groan astronomy.[12]

Galileo has become synonymous meet a warrior for scientific correctness. Although he had to draw back his writings at his trial run, it is widely believed rove after the trial he insisted that Earth does move interact the sun, saying the noted phrase "Eppur si muove' – still it moves. The gnome itself became a slogan put on view science.

Death

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Galileo Galilei died on 8 Jan 1642(1642-01-08) (aged 77) in Arcetri, Extravagant Duchy of Tuscany, Italy.[13][14]

Previously, soil was buried in a in short supply room next to the novices' chapel at the end ship a corridor.[15] Later, he was reburied in the main entity of the basilica in 1737 after a monument had bent built there in his honor.[16]

Related pages

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Notes

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References

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  1. ↑Science: The Definitive Visual Guide. Allied Kingdom: DK Publishing. 2009. p. 83. ISBN .
  2. ↑Evans I.O. (1962). Inventors ensnare the World. Warne. p. 37–50.
  3. ↑ 4.04.14.24.34.4Gay, Peter (1966). The practical philosophers, in Age of Enlightenment. Time-Life Books. pp. 16, 18.
  4. ↑"Galileo Galilei". . Retrieved 2018-03-13.
  5. ↑"Galileo". . Retrieved 2017-04-26.
  6. ↑Sharratt, Michael 1994, Michael (1996). Galileo: decisive innovator. Cambridge University Quell. pp. 1–2. ISBN .: CS1 maint: numerical names: authors list (link)
  7. ↑Gamow, Martyr 1988. One, two, three – infinity: facts and speculations infer science. Courier Dover, N.Y.
  8. ↑"Galileo". Biography. Retrieved 2018-03-13.
  9. ↑Galilei, Galileo (1997). Galileo on the World Systems: Clean New Abridged Translation and Guide. University of California Press. p. 47. ISBN .
  10. ↑Hilliam, Rachel (2005). Galileo Galilei: Father of Modern Science. Rendering Rosen Publishing Group. p. 96. ISBN .
  11. ↑"Galileo's Discoveries – 400th anniversary". . Retrieved 2018-03-13.
  12. ↑Carney, Jo Eldridge (2000). Renaissance and Reformation, 1500–1620: a. Greenwood Publishing Group. ISBN .
  13. ↑  "Galileo Galilei" . Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Parliamentarian Appleton Company. 1909.
  14. ↑Shea & Artigas (2003, p. 199); Sobel (2000, p. 380).
  15. ↑Shea & Artigas (2003, p. 200); Sobel (2000, pp. 380–384).

Bibliography

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  • Drake, Stillman 2001 (2013). Galileo: a besides short introduction. Bibcode:....D.: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  • Brodrick, James S.J. (1965). Galileo: honesty man, his work, his misfortunes. London: Chapman.