Galileo Galilei
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Galileo major accomplishments
I m starting a series on the top astronomers, with probably about eleven astronomers that I will be covering overall. So, let s start out from the top, with the top most important astronomer. In my opinion, Galileo Galilei is the top astronomer. Galileo Galilei (February 15, 1564 - January 8, 1642) Galileo was born to a poor family in Pisa, Italy in 1564 to Vincenzo Galilei…
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Scientists Galileo
Scientists have studied a visual illusion first discovered by Galileo Galilei, and found that it occurs because of the surprising way our eyes see lightness and darkness in the world. Their results advance our understanding of how our brains are wired for seeing white versus black objects. The work was done by Jens Kremkow and led by Jose Manuel Alonso and Qasim Zaidi at the…
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What years did Galileo invented the telescope?
StarChild Question of the Month for September 2001 Answer: No. The earliest record of an existing telescope is from a patent application in Holland on 2 October 1608. The application was made by Dutch spectacle maker Hans Lippershay (sometimes found as Lipperhey). Lippershay applied to be granted exclusive rights to make and distribute an instrument that would allow you to…
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Galileo writings
Drawings of the moon as seen with Galileo s telescope. By his own account, Galileo first observed the Moon on November 30, 1609. Comparing patterns of light and shadow in the vicinity of the terminator (dividing line between light and shadow) at first and third quarter, Galileo could argue convincingly that there exists mountains and valleys on the lunar surface. Aristotelian…
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Galaxies Closest to Earth
The NEOWISE analysis shows us we ve made a good start at finding those objects that truly represent an impact hazard to Earth,said Lindley Johnson, program executive for the Near-Earth Object Observation Program at NASA Headquarters in Washington. But we ve many more to find, and it will take a concerted effort during the next couple of decades to find all of them that could…
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Information about Galileo Galilei
Galileo was born in Pisa, Italy in 1564. He attended college but dropped out because he ran out of money. Galileo later became a professor. The Catholic church did not like Galileoâs findings. They forbid him to write or teach about his work. Galileo did not listen. He was tried and found guilty. He was put under house arrest. He had to stay in his house and could not invite…
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History of Galileo
“Galileo was part of a broad, cosmopolitan culture that was equally interested in science, art and literature.” Jürgen Renn, Director at the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science. “Galileo was part of a broad, cosmopolitan culture that was equally interested in science, art and literature.” Jürgen Renn, Director at the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science…
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Who was Galileo?
Galileo returns to the Catholic Church By James Dacey Last week I found myself travelling through Rome, when I stumbled across a remider that science and religion are still battling it out in some quarters. A new exhibition at the Basilica of Santa Maria degli Angeli celebrates Galileo Galilei’s unerring faith in the Catholic Church, despite the ongoing debate surrounding this…
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Major achievements of Galileo Galilei
Reading the works of these great scientists, Newton grew more ambitious about making discoveries himself. While still working part-time as a servant, he wrote a note to himself. In it he posed questions which had not yet been answered by science. These included questions about gravity, the nature of light, the nature of color and vision, and atoms. After three years at Cambridge…
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Galileo Galilei theories
Galileo Galilei (The Father of Physics and Astronomy) Galileo was the oldest of six brothers and sisters. He was born in Pisa in February, 1564. His mother was called Giulia and his father was a musician called Vincenzo. The family surname was Galilei. This means that Galileo s first name was virtually the same as his surname! In fact, he is often just referred to as Galileo…
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Galileo theories
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Mysteries of the universe Science Channel
Morgan Freeman’s iconic voice announcing “space…time…life itself” echoes through the television series “Through the Wormhole.” Filled with the dappled glow of galaxies and the spiraling of particle collisions, the show is a vivid, mind-bending dance of physics and philosophy. The series, which premiered on Science Channel in 2010 and is hosted by Freeman, draws on astrophysics…
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Galileo first telescope
How the mathematics professor Galileo became a passionate telescope builder and enthusiastic sky watcher Galileo Galilei was the first scientist to recognise the importance of the telescope for astronomy. He built several such instruments himself – compiling a shopping list of the requisite components on the back of a letter. These included artillery balls and Tripoli powder…
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Galileo works
Test vans of ESA and ThalesAleniaSpace Italy and Metro-2 aircraft belonging to NLR, The Netherlands; Maspalomas MEOLUT station, Canary Islands, Spain, and Experimental MEOLUT station, CNES, Toulouse (Click image to enlarge.) ESA Galileo IOV Test campaign authors, from left: Jörg Hahn, Stefano Binda, Edward Breeuwer, Roberto Prieto-Cerdeira, Marco Falcone, Alexander Mudrak…
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Galileo Galilei telescopes
Galileo Galilei, Sunspot observations. Galileo Galilei 1612 Continued from page 1 Updated . In Venice on a holiday in 1609, Galileo Galilei heard rumors that a Dutch spectacle-maker had invented a device that made distant objects seem near at hand (at first called the spyglass and later renamed the telescope). A patent had been requested, but not yet granted, and the methods…
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Galileo Galilei Life
1. Dates Dates Certain Lifespan: 78 2. Father Occupation: Musician, Merchant Vincenzio Galilei was descended from a Florentine patrician family. He himself was a distinguished musician. He was not an economic success. He died leaving his oldest son (Galileo) with heavy financial responsibilities but no assets. Financial stringency forced the father into commerce and made him…
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Achievements of Galileo Galilei
Galileo Galilei Galileo Galilei was a Italian physicist, mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher who played a major role in the Scientific Revolution. His achievements include improvements to the telescope and consequent astronomical observations, and support for Copernicanism. Galileo has been called the father of modern observational astronomy , the father of modern…
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