GALILEO GALILEI

BIOGRAPHYGalileo was born in Italy, in Pisa, near Florence, in the

family of well-born but impoverished nobleman

Vincenzo Galilei, a prominent music theorist and lutenist. In the family

parents of Galileo, Vincenzo Galilei and Giulia

Ammannati — had six children, but was lucky to

survive four: Galileo's eldest son, daughters Virginia and Libya and the youngest son, Michelangelo, who later also gained fame as a composer

and lute player.

BIOGRAPHYFrom an early age the boy was drawn to art; through all his life he carried a love of music and drawing, which are mastered to perfection. In his adult years the best artists of Florence — Chol, Bronzino and others consulted with him in matters of perspective and composition; Chol even argued

that it was in Galilee he owes his fame. On the works of Galileo, you

can also make a conclusion about the presence of his literary talent.

Primary education, Galileo received at the nearby monastery of

Vallombrosa. The boy loved to learn and became one of the best students

in the class. He weighed the possibility of becoming a priest, but

his father was against it.

Scientific discoveriesMechanics• Galilee mankind owes two principles of mechanics, which played a major role in the

development of not only mechanics, but also the whole of physics.

The invention• the first major invention was a hydrostatic balance for the rapid determination of

composition of metal alloys;• invented the thermoscope, which is a type of thermometer.

Astronomical research• built his first telescope with three times magnification, and a few days later with an

increase of 32 times;• made several important astronomical discoveries.

Astronomical research1609 built his first telescope

In the years 1610-1614, by changing the distance between the lenses, he created the microscope

discovered mountains and craters on the moon

the spots on the Sun

discovered 4 satellites of Jupiter

Astronomical researchThe creation of the telescope and

astronomicalopen Galilee brought a

widepopular. These discoveries of

coursestrengthened the position of the

heliocentricthe system of Copernicus

in the fight againstscholastic

aristotelic-Ptolemeus interpretation of the

Universe.