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Galileo Galilee, the enigma
There are lot of people we called the father of science and one of them is Galileo Galilee. He was born in Pisa, Italy on February 15, 1564. His father was Vincenzo Galilee. He was a musician and a lover of mathematics. He taught Galileo until he was ten years old. At that time the family moved to Florence.
He attended a monastery where he studied Latin,Greek,Logic and religion. In 1583, Galileo gained admission into the University of Pisa to study medicine. He soon became fascinated with many subjects, particularly mathematics and physics.
In 1604, Galileo made his publication title "The operations of the Geometrical and Military compass" revealing his skills with experience and the technological applications. He also constructed a hydrostatic balance for measuring small objects. Also in that year of 1604, Galileo refined his theories on motion and falling objects, and developed "the universal Law of Acceleration".
Galileo was called the Father of Modern Science. He discovered four bright stars revolving around Jupiter and concluded they must be planets near Jupiter. He was chief mathematician of the University of Pisa after the discovery. In July 1609, he built his own telescope, with this telescope he found that Venus had phase like the moon, proving it rotated around the sun. In 1614, Galileo was accused of heresy for his support of the Corpernican theory that the sun was at the centre of the solar system.
In 1616, he was forbidden from teaching these theories. In 1632, he was again condemned after his book "Dialogue concerning the the theory "Chief World systems" was published. Galilee was summoned to appear before the Inquisition in Rome. He was convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment, later reduced to house arrest at his villa in Arcetri.
Galilee had three children, two girls and a boy, his girls were Virginia and Livia, and his son was named after Galilee's father Vincenzo. Galilee died on the 8th of January 1642 in Arcetri near Florence.
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