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Galileo Galilei

Annika Manning

Why is Galileo Galilei famous?

Why is he famous?

Galileo Galilei is famous for discovering moons, finding the phases of Venus, exploring the stars of the Milky Way inventing the telescope, and many other things.

What did Galileo Galilei work on?

What did he work on?

His main focuses were on astronomy and biology. HIs inventions ranged from compasses, to telescopes.

What was Galileo Galilei's childhood like?

What was his childhood like?

His childhood consisted of him growing up with his sisters and brothers in the Italy Renaissance in Pisa until his family moved to Florence in 1574.

What was Galileo Galilei's educational background like?

What was his educational backgrounnd like?

He attended the Camaldolese monastery school in Vallombrosa in his early teens. In 1581, he was sent from his father to the University of Pisa to enrol in a medical degree. He then got sidetracked with mathematics and left before finishing his degree.

What happneed during history when Galileo Galilei was famous?

What happened in history when he was famous?

Not much of anything happened while Galileo Galilei was famous except the things he discovered like the moons of Jupiter, and the things he invented like the telescope.

What scientists did Galileo Galilei work with?

What scientists did he work with?

Galileo Galilei worked with Johaness Kepler and became close with him.

Has anything been named after Galileo Galilei?

Has anything been named after him?

Galileo, the European satellite navigation system was named after him.

Quotes from Galileo Galilei

Quotes

- “Two truths cannot contradict one another.”

- “All truths are easy to understand once they are discovered; the point is to discover them.”

- “We cannot teach people anything; we can only help them discover it within themselves.”

- “Measure what is measurable, and what makes measurable what is not so.”

- “Where the senses fail us, reason must step in.”

- “He who does not know the truth is only a fool. But he who knows it and calls it a lie is a criminal.”

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