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    Galileo: Founder of Experimental Science In the Renaissance era, Galileo Galilei was a philosopher, mathematician, physicist, astronomer, and inventor. The eldest of six children, he was born in Pisa in 1564 and died in 1642. In 1585, Galileo entered the University of Pisa to study medicine, however, he found himself drawn to and interested in philosophy and mathematics. Eventually he left the university without a degree, nevertheless, he still became a professor of mathematics. Many of

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    Galileo Galilei was born on February 15, 1556 in Pisa Italy, Tuscany in 1564, the son of Florentine musician Vincenzio Galilei. Actually, Vincenzio was a revolutionary musician—he felt the formal church music that then dominated the scene had become sterile, and that classic Greek poetry and myths had a power the church music lacked, that perhaps could be translated into modern music. He attempted some of this, and his work began the development that culminated in Italian opera. His mother Giulia

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    Church excommunicates you for being right.” In 1564 on February 15th in Pisa, Italy, 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

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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 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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    "Galileo, perhaps more than any single person, was responsible for the birth of modern science…Galileo was one of the first to argue that man could hope to understand how the world works, and moreover, that he could do this by observing the real world" . So, quoted Stephen Hawking. Galileo Galilei was a man who did not take others work for granted, testing and experimenting until theories, formulas, and inventions were proven or corrected. This way of thinking enabled him to prove some of Aristotles

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    Galileo Galilei Galileo was born in Pisa along the Via del Cuore in 1564 to Vincenzo Galileo, a man known for his study of music, and Giuli Ammananti. When Galileo was ten he moved to Florance.1 At eleven young Galileo was sent to Vallombrosa for school. At fifteen Galileo decided to be a monk, but because of his father gave up his ambition. In the late summer of 1581 Galileo entered the University of Pisa and embarked on a course of study in medicine. Studying the Aristotelian system, which

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    modern world. The decline in feudalism allowed Europeans to have more freedom. New opportunities presented themselves, people were becoming educated and even moving into better social classes. Galileo Galilei was the first out of six descendants from Vincenzo Galilei, an Italian composer (History.com). Galileo was born in Pisa, Italy in 1564 and later on his family moved to Florence in 1572 (Stanford). The scientist was able to make revolutionary discoveries to the fields of physics, astronomy, cosmology

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    great respect. Honor to me means to have earned great respect or to have done something positive for others. Galileo Galilei is said to have set the foundation for modern science he even earned the nickname of “The Father of Modern Science”, he supported the copernican theory, which states that the planets revolve around the sun, and later found evidence that supported that theory. Galileo also invented a telescope which he was given a salary to manufacture several of them for Venetian merchants.

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    Galileo Galilei Who was Galileo Galilei? Galileo was born in Pisa on February 15, 1564. Galileo’s family was considered poor, but his father was a well-known musician. Galileo had five siblings, which he was the oldest of. His father wanted him to be a doctor so he sent him to the University of Pisa to study medicine. While Galileo was at the University of Pisa he realized that he did not want to study medicine anymore and was distracted by mathematics . Galileo decided to leave medical school

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