Seven Things you should know about Galileo Galilei:
Galileo Galilei was an Italian astronomer, physicist, mathematician, philosopher and an inventor.
- Galileo has been called the father of observational astronomy, the father of modern physics, and the father of science.
- He was born on 15 Feb 1564 and died in 1642, 8th of Jan.
- Vincenzo Galilei was the father of Galileo and was a musician.
- Galileo's astronomical observations using a telescope is a scientific breakthrough.
- Galileo's important invention were a telescope, a compass and a thermometer.
- To create a telescopes that were far, far more powerful than any of the existing telescopes, Galileo built on the work of others.
- even though Galileo was blind during his last days on earth he was determined pursuing his passion for science. It was while he was blind that he designed a special mechanism for pendulum clocks.
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