Galileo Galilei Research Paper

Seeing is Believing, Believing is Seeing Imagine a world with no clocks, thermometer, or telescopes. A world where everyone believes the earth remains still as the sun revolves around it once each day. This world was the one of Galileo Galilei, in which he conducted many scientific experiments by devising his own methods to keep time and measure distance. Through observation, experimentation, mathematics, and a great deal of ingenuity, Galileo made extraordinary scientific discoveries, and became known as the father of modern science. Galileo Galilei (1564-1642) was born in Pisa, Italy on February 15. Galileo was the first born of six children to Vincenzo Galilei. Galileo entered the University of Pisa to study medicine, but changed his career path due to an arising interest in mathematics. In 1583, Galileo made his first important discovery, describing the rules that govern the motion of pendulums. From 1589-1610 Galileo became the chair of mathematics at the universities of Pisa and

The Catholic Church went against Copernicus because his theory could not be proven by the Bible and if the Bible didn’t encompass it, then according to the Catholic Church it wasn’t accurate. Galileo wanted to prove if this theory was true or not by experiment, not by the Catholic Church. So, Galileo began to study using his telescope. In 1609, Galileo built his first telescope, improving it upon a Dutch design. In January of 1610 he discovered four new stars orbiting Jupiter, which proved to be Jupiter’s four largest moons. He came to make many inventions and improvements. Galileo and Isaac Newton together found the planets and named them, and tracked their movement around the sun, proving the theory. Although, he proved to the Catholic Church this theory to be true, the church turned against