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Galileo was born to Vencenzo Galilei, a musician
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He starts to attend the University of Pisa
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Due to lack of funds Galileo is forced to leave the University. Therefore not completing his degree
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Galileo writes an essay on hydro-static balance, which is a device to measure the mass of objects
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He publishes a paper on the centre of gravity of objects. He is then awarded a position as lecturer at the University of Pisa
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He proved that all bodies, regardless of their weight, fall at an equal rate, in the absence of friction. Also in this paper he stated that a ball thrown in the air follows a parabolic path
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He improves the magnification of a telescope by 32x and by using this new technology observes: the moon is an irregular, rough body, not smooth as scientists thought, the Milky Way is composed of many stars,Jupiter has many small satellites
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Rome and the Catholic church disagreed with Galileo's support of Copernicus about his heliocentric theory. Eventually Catholic church ban the writings of Galileo because it contradicts the findings of Aristotle
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Galileo is put on trail for suspicion of "vehement suspicion of heresy," but is only convicted for teaching Copernican beliefs and is placed on house arrest for 8 years
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Just before Galileo went completely blind he discovers that the moon wobbles on its axis called Liberations
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Galileo dies after a long battle with illness
