Galileo Galilei 1564-1642

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Galileo Galilei 1564-1642

Who

1633: Condemned by the Holy Inquisition of the Roman Catholic Church and confined to his villa under house arrest for the rest of his life

1610-1632: Appointed to a position as court philosopher

first person to use a telescope to observe the sky

Became professor of mathematics at the University of Pisa& the University of Padua

physicist, mathematician, astronomer, philosopher

born 1564 in Pisa, Italy

Catholic Church

expected its followers to display absolute obedience and loyalty to the Pope

was fighting against the Protestant Christianity in Northern Europe

Galileo challenged the natural philosophy of the day / challenged the teachings of the church

caused problems with the Catholic Church

Work / Contributions

One of the greatest scientists of all time

discovered phases of venus

discovered sunspots

discovered 4 moons of jupiter

supported the Copernican World Model

failed to prove the ptolemiac world model wrong

1609 took the earliest telescope and transformed it into a better one

used the scientific Method

Established a mathematical formal relationship between the motion of an object time and distance

forms the basis of the modern science of physics

His condemnation arose a question : Are science & religion compatible or must they always be at odds with one another?