Galileo's Timeline
Galileo was born in this Italian city in 1564.
What is Pisa, Italy?
Another word for "see far" and one of Galileo's most notable modified inventions.
What is the telescope?
Also the name of a popular candy bar, Galileo discovered this phenomenon was made of stars.
What is the Milky Way?
The name of the book Galileo published to share his discoveries of the heavens in 1610.
What is Starry Messenger?
Galileo shared a similar belief with this astronomer regarding the sun being the center of the solar system.
What is Copernicus?
Galileo initially went to school to study this before deciding to focus on mathematics.
What is medicine?
Galileo discovered an important part of a clock that was also used to help doctors time pulses.
What is a pendulum?
Galileo discovered that Jupiter had this many moons while using his telescope.
What is four?
While on house arrest, Galileo wrote this book which was a summary of his life's work.
What is Two New Sciences?
In 1615, Galileo went to this city to ask for the Church's permission to share the controversial discoveries he made using his telescope.
What is Rome?
Although Galileo never married, he had 3 children with this woman.
What is Marina Gamba?
Galileo is also known for his discoveries while experimenting with moving objects. He found that there is a special relationship between the speed of an object and time. This math term, which is also a shape, is calculated by multiplying two of the same numbers together.
What is square?
Using his telescope, Galileo discovered that an object of space which was believed to be perfectly smooth, was covered actually not at all; rather covered in craters and mountains.
What is the moon?
The Assayer was written to disprove Orazio Grassi and his findings of this space phenomenon.
What is a comet?
Galileo was sent to this city to serve his house arrest.
What is Florence?
Galileo was both a student and a teacher at this University.
What is the University of Pisa?
Galileo was also known for his early discoveries in physics. This law explained that objects will fall at an equal rate.
What is The Law of Falling Bodies?
Galileo discovered that this object was a moving sphere covered in dark spots.
What is the sun?
Galileo wrote a letter to this person to explain how his beliefs did not defy the church, rather that the religion and science should be independent.
What is the Grand Duchess Christina?
Since Galileo was forbidden to speak of his discoveries, he wrote the book Dialogue on the Two Chief World Systems. This book was written as a conversation between 3 people, one being a host. Name the other 2.
What is Aristotle and Copernicus?
Galileo passed away the same year this famous physicist was born.
Who is Isaac Newton?
Galileo was quite the mathematician; he used this type of math to calculate the height of mountains on the moon based on their shadows.
What is geometry?
What is Venus?
One of Galileo's most controversial books. After this book was printed, Galileo was placed on house arrest after going to trial.
What is Dialogue on the Two Chief World Systems?
The year Galileo went on trial for publishing his book, Dialogue on the Two Chief World Systems without getting official approval from the church.
What is 1633?