Our World: FOREVER EVOLVING

1
Our World FOREVER EVOLVING
2
Ten Important Events and People

• Renaissance 1500s
• Martin Luther 1500s
• Galileo 1600s
• Sir Isaac Newton 1600s
• American Revolution 1700s
• Thomas Edison 1800s
• Radio 1900s
• WWII 1900s
• Iraq 2000s
• Barack Obama 2000s

3
Galileo Galilei
www.biografiasyvidas.com
4
Getting to know Galileo

• Dropped out of college to study math and science
  on his own
• He was an astronomer, mathematician, scientist,
  physicist, and inventor
• Invented a military compass, and improved the
  telescope
• Created a form of thermometer
• One of the leading figures of the scientific
  revolution
• Laid the foundations in science for mechanics
  and physics

5
Galileo's Discoveries

• Proved that the earth revolved around the sun
• Discovered that the moon was not smooth and that
  lunar mountains/valleys existed
• Discovered the four moons of Jupiter
• Observed and explained the existence of sunspots
• Proved that planets were not points of light
• Observed that the Milky Way was made up of stars

6
Galileos Theories

• Applied mathematics to nature and described
  force as a mechanical agent
• Disproved theory that the earth was the only
  planet with a natural satellite
• Developed kinematics
• Developed theory on the rising and falling of
  the tides
• Spread the idea of the Copernican theory, that
  the earth revolved around the sun

7
Galileos Trial

• The Roman Catholic Church charged Galileo with
  the anti-scriptural heresy for spreading that the
  earth revolves around the sun
• Galileo had no way to scientifically prove his
  theory and was forced to refute his work

www.wikipedia.com
8
Galileo Changing History

• He altered our perception of the universe and
  created an accurate model of the planetary system
• Galileo stands as the symbol of the struggle
  against the Catholic Church for the freedom of
  inquiry
• Observed and analyzed the movement of tides and
  created a theory in which they function
• He improved the telescope