GALILEO GALILEI

BIRTHDAY

GALILEO LOCATIONS

• death location: Arcetri, Italy
• Born in:Pisa Italy
• Worked:mostly in Pisa Italy and Florence

MAJOR ACHIEVMENTS

• The thermometer:Galileo is credited with this invention in the 160's
• Sunspots:he discovered sunspots drift from 1 side of the sun disc to the other
• Jupiters satellites: discovered the 4 largest satellites of Jupiter
• Venus's phase: he was the first to discover this

BELIEFS, FEELINGS,IDEAS

• Galileo believed about the positioning of the planets which is heresy.
• The church demanded him to admit he was wrong,
• But he knew he was right. They didn't kill him. Instead they put him on
• House arrest for the rest of his life.
• He's a humanist because he said god is wrong and science is right.

QUOTES

• Where the senses fail us, reason must step up.
• This quote means our failures have a good reason and will
• teach us something.

SOURCES

• Www.Biography.com