Galileo Galilei

YOUNG LIFE

• Born on February 15 1564
• Born in Pisa Italy
• Went to the university of Pisa
• First enrolled at the university as a medical student

MAJOR EVENTS

• Invented the first telescope with times 20 mag
• First person to prove the sun was the center of the galaxy
• When you prove something you have facts to back you up
• He also invented the thermoscope the for runner of the thermometer

BELIEFS

• Galileo Galilei believed and proved
• That the sun was in the center of the galaxy
• And was willing to risk being excommunicated
• But instead was placed under house arrest
• For the rest of his life

THE CHURCH

• The Catholic Church at the time was very power full and
• Very corrupt they only allowed humanism if it agreed with there
• Teaching and one of there teaching were the earth was the center
• Of the galaxy and the notion of the sun being the center
• Meant humans were less important like spicks of sand on a beach.

QUOTES

• "And yet it moves"
• "We cannot teach people anything ; we can
• Only help them discover it within them selves"
• "I have never met a man so ignorant that
• I couldn't learn something from them"

SOURCES

• Inventors about.com
• Contes,time.com
• Nasa
• Brainy quote.com