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Galileo Galilei

Published on Feb 04, 2016

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

LIFE

  • February 15, 1564 -January 8, 1642
  • 77 yrs old when he died
  • Spent the last 5 years of his life under house arrest.

HIS ROLE IN SOCIETY

  • Catholic
  • Went to medical school but only really studied math and philosophy
  • Made a living as a teacher who wrote books in his free time
  • Taught mathematics

SCIENCE

  • Advocated for heliocentrism
  • Studied motion
  • Mathematics
  • Studied what makes objects float
  • Astronomy

DIFFICULTIES

  • Opposed by the catholic church which supported geocentrism
  • Arrogant, he believed his work was superior to other's
  • Financially challenged
  • His father wanted him to be a physician

SOME ACHEIVEMENTS

  • Made one of the first models of the solar system
  • Pioneer in science
  • Made great contibutions to physics, astronomy, engineering, and mathematics
  • Elaborated on kinetic motion and falling bodies
  • Changed the way we think about the universe forever