Galileo galilei biography worksheet

Let’s find out more about Galileo Galilei!

Galileo Galilei was an Italian astronomer, mathematician, physicist, philosopher, and lecturer who contributed to the study of physics with his groundbreaking observations of nature.

Galileo galilei biography worksheet

He also built a telescope and backed the Copernican theory, which asserts that the sun is at the centre of the solar system. Galileo authored several volumes on his theories despite the church repeatedly accusing him of heresy. Galileo has been referred to as the "father" of modern science, the scientific method, observational astronomy, and modern physics.

EARLY LIFE

• Galileo was the first of six children born to Vincenzo Galilei, a lutenist, composer, and music theorist, and Giulia Ammannati, who wed in 1562, in Pisa, Italy (previously part of the Duchy of Florence).

  Galileo went on to become a skilled lutenist and would have picked up a skepticism for authority from his father at a young age.

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