作者：Deenah mohamed 18 年以前
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Galileo Galilei 1564-1642
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?
