Galileo Galilei

Today we went to the exhibit on Galileo. We also saw lots of other works of astronomy by other cultures. We saw Galileo's telescope and his finger! In the flesh and the bone. I wrote this report about some of his discoveries. Enjoy!

Galileo Galilei was an Italian astronomer Physicist, Mathematician , and
Philosopher. Born on the 15 of February 1564. He died on the 8 of January
1642. In Pisa. Pisa in those times was in the Duchy Of Florence. Galileo is known as “The Father Of Astronomy.” Stephen Hawking, a great modern physicist says that “Galileo, more than any other single person, was responsible for the birth of
modern science.”.Some of the main things Galileo is known for are The Phases
Of Venus, the discovery of the four largest satellites of Jupiter (which are
named the Galilean moons.),And the observation and study of sun-spots. Galileo was the favorite astronomer of one of the most powerful political families of his time. The name of the family was The Medicis. When Galileo finished his first major observation of the heavens he presented the lens from his telescope to Lorenzo the Magnificent, The Leader of the Medicis in the time of Galileo. He had it framed in a trophy of ivory and marble and placed in the Uffizi.(his familys private offices.) It was later dropped and broken. And so I end my Story of Galileo Galilei’s life.