Galileo

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Galileos Kaleidoscope

• By Gloria Jean Pilgrim
• Dacusville Elementary School
• April 5, 2002

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Galileos Life

• Galileo has been called the father of modern
  science.
• He was a writer, an astronomer, and a physics.
• He made a major impact on science.

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Birth

• Was born in Pisa, Italy in 1564
• Born to Vincenzio Galilei (a teacher and a
  composure of music) and Guilia Ammannati
• He had 6 brothers and sisters.

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Early Life

• Made toys at a very early age
• Father wanted him to be a doctor
• Attended Vallembrosa at 10 years old
• Made very good grades
• Became an accomplished musician
• Excelled in painting and student of poetry

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Education and Professions

• Studied medicine at University of Pisa at age of
  17.
• Taught math at University of Pisa.
• Appointed Professor of Math at University of
  Padua.
• Mathematician and Natural Philosopher to grand
  Duke of Tuscany.

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Adult Life

• Had 3 illegitimate children.
• Their mother was a Venetian peasant.
• She later married a respectable man of her class.
• Galileo took care of the children.
• Two daughters were put into a convent.
• Eldest daughter became a highly accomplished and
  intelligent woman.
• Youngest daughter was invalid.
• Son was a careless spendthrift.

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Accomplishments

• Invented, improved or embellished the
  thermometer, barometer, the pendulum, hydraulic
  and military machines, the magnet, the compass,
  and the microscope.
• First Astronomer to use the telescope for
  examining heavenly bodies.
• Discovered the satellites of Jupiter.
• Discovered the rings of Saturn.
• Discovered the phases of Venus.
• Discovered the Moon librations.

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Galileos Major Contribution

• Development of the scientific methodWithout it
  none of the scientific wonders of the modern age
  could have been achieved. The main stages of the
  scientific method was observation and
  experimentation.

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Death

• Totally Blind
• Died at Age 74
• Year of 1683
• Even thought a very famous person, buried in
  secrecy and silence, his friends bore him to a
  distant chapel.
• His name seldom mentioned and his works forbidden
  to be read. WHY?

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Bibliography

• Presentation developed as part of the Adventure
  of the American Mind project funded through the
  Library of Congress. Original documents come from
  the American Memory collection of the Library of
  Congress.
• Galileo and the Papal Infallibility, Harpers New
  Monthly Magazine, Cornell University Making of
  America
• Galileo and His Daughter, by J.B., Sharpes
  London Magazine, Cornell University Making of
  America
• Private Life of Galileo, Correspondence of this
  eldest Daughter, by Nichols and Noyes, Reviews
  and Literary Notices