GALILEO GALILEI

FUN FACTS

• A friend became pope Urban Vlll
• His days ended in house arrest when he was accused of heresy
• 100 years after his death they moved his body to a different grave
• And a snippet of his finger came off and it is now displayed at
• The Museum of the History of Science in Florence

GALILEO LIFE

• 1564 -1642
• Italian
• Father was a musician
• Both daughters became nuns
• Dropped out of college because he became poor

CONTRIBUTIONS TO SCIENCE

• He invented...
• The telescope,
• The geometric and military compass,
• And the thermometer
• Published The Starry Night

GALILEO GALILEI