What is the title of Galileo's first published book on motion?
The Little Balance
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How old was Galileo at the time of his trial?
68 years old
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How many children did he have out of wedlock?
Three
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What was one other invention that he improved?
Compass, balance or microscope
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His father was a famous lutenist, what is a lutenist?
A person who plays or creates Lutes or other stringed instruments.
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In 1609, Galileo made improvements to what Dutch invention?
The Telescope
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What pope's publicly apologized for the treatment of Galileo?
Pios XII and John Paul II
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After convicted by the Roman Inquisition, he spent the last years of his life under house arrest. How many years was he under house arrest?
Nine
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Galileo performed an experiment with falling bodies which contributed greatly to what science?
Physics
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What is Galileo's full name?
Galileo Galilei
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In 1583, Galileo described the rules to govern what?
The motion of pendulums
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In 1632, Galileo wrote a book that caused him to be summoned and convicted by the Roman Inquisition. What was the theory that he wrote about?
A heliocentric universe, he believed that the sun was the center of the universe.
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Cosimo II appointed Galileo as a philosopher and mathematician to what famous Italian family?
The Medici family
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What book did Galileo write about his discoveries using his telescope?
The Starry Messenger
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What university did he attend?
University of Pisa
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What was his theory of the tides?
Waves were caused by the moving back and forth of water because of the earth's rotation and revolutions around the sun.
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In 1616, the Catholic Church put De Revolutionibus on their index of banned books and ordered to stop supporting its author, what was the name of the author?
Nicholas Copernicus
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Where was he buried?
Basilica of Sainte Croce
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What was one other discovery he wrote about in The Starry Messenger?