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Galileo’s Kaleidoscope

Galileo’s Kaleidoscope. By Gloria Jean Pilgrim Dacusville Elementary School April 5, 2002. Galileo’s Life. Galileo has been called the father of modern science. He was a writer, an astronomer, and a physics. He made a major impact on science. Was born in Pisa, Italy in 1564

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Galileo’s Kaleidoscope

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  1. Galileo’s Kaleidoscope By Gloria Jean Pilgrim Dacusville Elementary School April 5, 2002

  2. Galileo’s Life • Galileo has been called the father of modern science. • He was a writer, an astronomer, and a physics. • He made a major impact on science.

  3. Was born in Pisa, Italy in 1564 Born to Vincenzio Galilei (a teacher and a composure of music) and Guilia Ammannati He had 6 brothers and sisters. Birth

  4. Early Life: • Made toys at a very early age • Father wanted him to be a doctor • Attended Vallembrosa at 10 years old • Made very good grades • Became an accomplished musician • Excelled in painting and student of poetry

  5. Education and Professions • Studied medicine at University of Pisa at age of 17. • Taught math at University of Pisa. • Appointed Professor of Math at University of Padua. • Mathematician and Natural Philosopher to grand Duke of Tuscany.

  6. Adult Life • Had 3 illegitimate children. • Their mother wasaVenetian peasant. • She later married a respectable man of her class. • Galileo took care of the children. • Two daughters were put into a convent. • Eldest daughter became a highly accomplished and intelligent woman. • Youngest daughter was invalid. • Son was a careless spendthrift.

  7. Accomplishments • Invented, improved or embellished the thermometer, barometer, the pendulum, hydraulic and military machines, the magnet, the compass, and the microscope. • First Astronomer to use the telescope for examining heavenly bodies. • Discovered the satellites of Jupiter. • Discovered the rings of Saturn. • Discovered the phases of Venus. • Discovered the Moon librations.

  8. Galileo’s Major Contribution • Development of the scientific methodWithout it none of the scientific wonders of the modern age could have been achieved. The main stages of the scientific method was observation and experimentation.

  9. Death • Totally Blind • Died at Age 74 • Year of 1683 • Even thought a very famous person, buried in secrecy and silence, his friends bore him to a distant chapel. • His name seldom mentioned and his works forbidden to be read. WHY?

  10. Bibliography Presentation developed as part of the Adventure of the American Mind project funded through the Library of Congress. Original documents come from the American Memory collection of the Library of Congress. • Galileo and the Papal Infallibility, Harper’s New Monthly Magazine, Cornell University Making of America • Galileo and His Daughter, by J.B., Sharpe’s London Magazine, Cornell University Making of America • Private Life of Galileo, Correspondence of this eldest Daughter, by Nichols and Noyes, Reviews and Literary Notices

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