The life of Galileo Galilei

Galileo's Birth

Feb 15, 1564

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galileo_GalileiThis day is the birthdate of the famous mathematician, philosopher, and astronomer Galileo Galilei. He was born in Pisa, Italy. His father was Vincenzo Galilei who had a career in music.

Maria Celeste

Aug 12, 1600

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_CelesteVirginia Galilei/Gamba more well known as Maria Celeste is Galileo's first child and is the one peole say Galileo loved the most out of three children. She ws born when Galileo and his wife were not married yet she died on April 2 1634.

Galileo's telescopes

Aug 25, 1609

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galileo_galilei#Early_lifeGalileo made many telescopes. In 1608 he constructed a telescope with about 3x magnification. He then constucted a telescope with 30x magnification. On the 25 August 1609 Galileo presented some of his early telescopes that had 8 or 9x magnification.

Galileo and Jupiter

Jan 7, 1610

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galileo_galilei#TimelineOn January 7, 1610 Gallileo observed with his telescope three small stars all in a straight line. On January 10 he saw that one of them had disapeared, he claimed that it had been blocked out by Jupiter. Galileo then claimed those three small stars were orbiting Jupiter. On January 13, he had discovered a fourth small star he said to be orbiting Jupiter. What Galileo had discovered was Jupiter's four largest moons. They are now called Io, Ganymede, Europa, and Callisto.

Galileo and Venus

Sep 1, 1610

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galileo_galilei#Venus.2C_Saturn.2C_and_NeptuneGalileo observed that Venus, like the moon, went through a series of phases as seen on Earth as it orbits the sun. He observed that when Venus was on the near side of the Sun from Earth we could only see cresent and new phases. When Venus was on the farther side from Earth, Gibbous and full phases only were present.

Galileo's Death

Jan 8, 1642

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galileo_galilei#DeathAfter a life of philosophy, asttronomy, and mathematics, Galileo dies at age 77 in Arcetri, Italy. Galileo made many great discoveries and without his discoveries modren science wouldn't be the way it is today. Galileo will always be remembered in books, on the internet, and in our minds.