Galileo also known as the father of modern science is remembered by his remarkable contributions, and how his impact was so substantial that the world wouldn’t be the same place, had he not stood up for what he believed in. Dies in Arcetri, Italy at 77.
Galileo was an intelligent man who invented many things, he always had interest in building gadgets to help him experiment and answer scientific questions. He built quite a few things like the compass, a thermometer, a pendulum, and the telescope. When he built the telescope, he was the first person to ever see the stars and planets up close.
Galileo Galilei was born on February 15,1564 to Vincenzo and Giulia Ammannati Galileo in Pisa, Italy. His father was a known musician, and music theorist. He had high expectations that one day Galileo, would become a doctor. With that expectation he sent Galileo to the University of Pisa to study medicine in, 1581. Once in school Galileo become more drawn to philosophy, and mathematics. He ended up leaving the University of Pisa in 1585, without his degree. After leaving the University of Pisa, he began doing something he was more interested in and that was teaching Mathematics in Florence. Galileo lost his father in 1591, then it became his job to help take care of his mother and his younger siblings. In 1592, he got a better job at the University of Padua teaching geometry, so he could take care of his mother and siblings.
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Galileo put the principles of experimenting, theory, and mathematics together into a common framework. He was also responsible for developing modern astronomy. He became famous, when he discovered what’s called the law of the pendulum. This became the genesis on regulations of clocks. He also gained attention by supposedly using the leaning tower of Pisa, to prove the law of constant acceleration.
In 1600, Galileo met a lovely lady by the of Marina Gamba, a Venetian woman. The two were never married due to reasons never told, but she bore three beautiful children for him. Two daughters and a son, the girls were named Virginia, and Livia with the son being named after his grandfather, Vincenzo. When his two daughters got older he had them join a convent, where they changed their names when they become nuns, his son followed in his grandfather’s footsteps by becoming a successful musician.
In 1633, due to Galileo beliefs that the Earth and all the other planets revolved around the Sun, and publishing statements in agreement with Copernicanism, he faced the harsh punishment of lifelong imprisonment for heresy. Galileo was accused twice of heresy over what he believed, because it went against the church’s beliefs and teachings. Galileo ended up being found guilty of heresy and was sentenced to a life of confinement. They did show some leniency for Galileo, due to his deteriorating health and his age. The authorities provided him with a home, and that’s where he lived out the rest of his days on home confinement. After battling with a fever and heart palpitations Galileo died peacefully in Arcetri, Italy at the age of 77.
