How Did Galileo Use The Telescope

The Telescope is one of our artifacts. Galileo has had many theories about the world beyond him. In 1608, a Dutch scientist invented the telescope. Galileo heard about this, and by 1609, he created his own telescope, which was far more advanced than the one in 1608. It had a magnification of more than 20 times. This telescope has led to the advanced technology we have now. He created the theory and proved the moon’s phases, and also the planet Venus has phases as well. He discovered Jupiter’s four moons. This has been a huge impact on Astronomers today. From his discovery, we were able to understand more about the solar system and how it works. Galileo also proved the Earth orbits around the Sun, and not the opposite, changing Astronomy forever.

The Church is a huge part of Galileo’s life.

As you know, Galileo was in the Renaissance Period, where people believed in their religion greatly. Galileo believed in his religion greatly as well, but when he heard the Bible passages from the Roman Catholic Church, he denied that the Earth was the center of the solar system. Galileo helped us learn that you should achieve or prove what you think is right. The Church warned Galileo many times, but he didn’t give up his work. The Church had delayed Galileo’s work on Physics and Astronomy. The Church was in scientific authority at that time, thus the rules of Astronomy and Physics were set, but for Galileo to prove his understanding, he had to recreate the rules. The Church had banned Galileo of all his work. But as time went, the Church couldn’t deny the science behind Galileo’s work and released the prohibition put on Galileo's

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Galileo was born in Pisa, Italy. The Leaning Tower of Pisa is a significant artifact in Galileo’s time. As the others, the Tower provided Galileo with many opportunities to continue his work. When Aristotle, a scientist long before Galileo, said that when an object has different mass, the speed will vary upon that. So if a ball was heavy, it would fall faster than a ball that had less weight. Galileo did not think the same thing. Through this Galileo created the Scientific Method, which is widely used today. If Galileo had not been intrigued by this theory, he may have never improved the Scientific Method, and we wouldn’t have been using it now. The Scientific Method has helped to come up with theories and prove them. Galileo also developed the universal law of acceleration and refined his theories on the laws of motion of falling objects, which have been used by many scientists after Galileo and today as well.

Galileo wanted his research and theories to be known to his country and city. Unfortunately, his city believed in their religion a lot. Hence, the Church banned his books from the public. But where the Church was not that adamant, such as surrounding cities or countries, Galileo’s work was published and read. This is very significant because many scientists, such as Sir Isaac Newton and Albert Einstein have read Galileo’s work, and took inspiration off of his theories and research. Thus, Galileo has set a foundation for these scientists that have contributed to shaping the world into how it is today, and in the future as well. Galileo’s books included The Operations of the Geometrical and Military Compass, which was about his skills and practical theories on the military compass. His other book that was published was Discourse on Bodies in Water, which contradicted Aristotelian explanation of why objects float on water, saying it was of their flat shape. Galileo said it was because of their weight of the object in relation to the water.