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100
He was born in Pisa
Where was he born?
100
he invented the pendulum and the telescope
What did he invented?
100
it affirmed that at the centre of the Solar Sistem there was the Sun.
What did the copernican theory affirm?
100
he did his experiment at the top of the tower of Pisa
Where did he do his experiments?
100
He really liked maths.
What did he really like?
200
He was born in 1564
When was he born?
200
he confirmed the copernican theory
What did he confirmed with the telescope?
200
the geocentric theory affirmed that the Earth was at the centre of the Solar Sistem
What did Aristotle's geocentiric theory affirm?
200
he affirmed that objects with greater density fall faster than those that are lighter.
What did Aristotle affirm about the falling of the object?
200
they wanted Galileo to become a medical doctor
What did the parents of Galileo want his son to become?
300
because he had a passion for mathematics
Why did Galileo break off his study to become a medical doctor?
300
the spyglass was able to magnify the objects twenty times
how much did the spyglass of his telescope magnify the objects?
300
becuause there were a number of biblical passages that clashed with the idea of a sun-centered universe.
why the church support the Aristotle's theory?
300
no, he didn't support Aristotle's theory of falling objects .
Did Galileo support the Aristotle's theory of falling objects?
300
He wanted to join the Church Order and he studied in a monastery in Pisa
What did Galileo want early in life?
400
he tought mathematics at the universities of Padua and Pisa
Where did he teach mathematics?
400
it was modelled after the spyglass
how was his telescope modelled?
400
Because his book supported Copernicus.
why was Galileo put under house arrest?
400
two objects of different masses actually fall at the same rate in a vacuum.
what did Galileo discover about the falling of objects?
400
no, he wasn't, he was an asrtronomer, a physicist, a scientist, an inventor and a writer
Was Galileo only a professor of mathematics?
500
In 1633
When was Galileo put under house arrest at his villa in Arcetri outside of Florence?
500
in 1610
When did he invented the telescope?
500
Pope Urban VIII headed the Church at the time
who was the pope in Galileo's time?
500
he discovered four of the moons of jumper, he confirmed the phases of Venus and he lookes at the moon.
What did Galileo discover using his teescope that was able to magnify an object twenty times?
500
the name was Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems.
What was the name of Galileo's book criticized by the church?
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