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The number of children Galileo had.

What is three

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Galileo believed that matter and light consisted of this
What is particles
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In 1597 was appointed to the chair of mathematics in this city
What is Pisa, Italy
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What is the belief that set Galileo at odds with the Church

That the Earth orbited the sun

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Galileo was tried by whom?
What is the Roman Inquisition
200
The Duchy Galileo was born in
What is Tuscany, Italy
200
Galileo's view of the atom
What is a particle with an indivisible formation, without a shape and without any dimensions.
200

Noticing this led to Galileo dropping out of Medicine

What is the motion of a chandelier.

200

When did Pope John Paul admits that the Catholic Church erred in its treatment of Galileo

1979

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The Bible shows the way to _________, not the way the _____.
What is 1. go to heaven 2. heavens go
300

What is the physician Galileo Galilei is named for.

Galileo Bonaiuti

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Galileo's view of the atom opposed this person's.
What is Democritus, who believed that basic particles had different shapes.
300
Galileo was one of the scientists who started what in Europe?
What is the Scientific Revolution
300

When did Galileo's book get removed from the Church's famous Index of Banned Books

1835

300

What is a device invented by Galileo for measuring small objects.

The hydrostatic balance

400
The date of Galileo's birth.
What is February 15th, 1594
400
Galileo confused the idea of physical indivisibility with what?
What is the idea of having zero spatial extent, i.e. being a mathematical point.
400

What is A principle stating that a body moving on a level surface will continue in the same direction with the same speed unless it is disturbed

Principle of Inertia

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What is transubstantiation.

The belief that the bread and wine literally became the body and blood of Christ. One of the reasons Galileo got into so much trouble with the Church.

400

What is Galileo's father's occupation

Musician and music theorist

500

What is the last time Galileo was seen before his death.

February 8th, 1942

500
The first to realize that suction forces were really a result of air pressure from the weight of the atmosphere
What is Galileo's pupil, Torricelli.
500
Galileo created this, making him one of the first to observe this
What is 1. a telescope powerful enough to observe the surface of the moon 2. that said surface was not perfect; rather, it was marked by craters
500

What is the year Galileo was ordered by the Church to stand trial for heresy.

1633

500

What is Galileo's published work about his notions regarding the constitution of matter

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