FACTS ABOUT GALILEO GALILEE

Italian mathematician, physicist, philosopher, and astronomer is the man Galileo Galilee.

Galileo Galilee was born in Pisa , Italy , on February 15, 1564. He was the first child of Vincenzo Galilee, who was a famous composer and music theorist. Galileo was also a lutist, he had learn this from his father. When Galileo was eight years old, his family moved to Florence. Galileo Galilee was educated in the Camaldolese Monastery, Vallambrosa, which is 35 km southeast of Florence. Galileo in the year 1609, made a telescope with 3x magnification, as time went by, he made an improved version of the telescope of 30x magnification.

                                               Galileo show the Doge of Venice how to use the telescope
As he aged he went completely blind and also suffered from hernia and insomia in 1638. Galileo died in 1642, at age 77.

                                                 DO YOU KNOW?
1. Albert Einstein called Galileo Galilee " father of modern science".
2. Galileo discovered the four large moons of Jupiter named Lo, Europa, Ganymede and Callisto
3. The four moon are categorized as the Galilean moon
4. Asteroid 697 Galilea  was named after Galileo Galilee in his honor.
5. Galileo Galilee is named several times in the opera section of the Queen song " Bohemian Rhapsody".

                                                       Statue outside the Uffizi, Florence.
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