Galileo Galilei's Accomplishments

It is said that without the help of previous discoveries in the world of math and science, we humans would not have the advancements that we see today. These discoveries did not simply fall from the sky, they were uncovered by geniuses across the globe. There are many famous mathematicians that have contributed to today’s world in almost every field of work. We have made significant groundbreaking discoveries with the help of great people such as Albert Einstein, Isaac Newton, and Aristotle. One prominent mathematician that contributed plenty to today’s world is Galileo Galilei. Galileo Galilei was born on February 15, 1564 in the town of Pisa, Italy. He was the first of six children to be born to Vincenzo Galilei and Giulia Ammannati. His

Also, he created a hydrostatic balance to measure smaller objects. Inevitably, these new advancements caused his fame and income to increase. This was a good year for Galileo, for in the same year he renewed his theories on motion and falling objects. He also developed the universal law of acceleration which states that all objects of mass in the universe obeyed. Galileo also changed his views on the Aristotelian belief that the Earth was the center of the solar system. He now believed and expressed publicly that the Sun was the center of the solar system, which was the Copernican theory. This had challenged Aristotle’s doctrine and the establishment of the Catholic

He learned about a “simple telescope built by Dutch eyeglass makers” (Galileo). He was intrigued by the idea, so he set off to create his own version of the telescope. He soon developed one of his own over the span of a few months. In the month of August, Galileo had introduced his invention of the telescope to Venetian merchants. These merchants were interested in the telescope because they saw its value in spotting ships at sea. They gave Galileo a salary to produce plenty of his models. As we can understand of Galileo by now, we know that he was ambitious, so the use of his telescope did not stop at land. One day, he decided to point his telescope upwards towards the heavens, and this was all in the same year of 1609. A few months after, Galileo published his fourth book titled “The Starry Messenger” in March of 1610. This book explained his discoveries with the use of his telescope. The discoveries included that the moon was not flat, it had grand mountains and concave land. Also, the book showed his discoveries that other planets had phases and revolved around the sun, and that Jupiter had revolving moons as