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Born in Pisa, Italy
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He was proficient at the lute at and the organ at first, but later on enrolled at Pisa. His teaches recognized his intelligence and encouraged his interest in mathematics and science.
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At the age of 22, he created a better scientific method written in the form of a treatise titled "La Bilancetta", meaning "The Little Balance".
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Galileo looks into a telescope for the first time. He sees the moon, and the sight of its mountains and craters immediately impressed him. "Not robed in a smooth and polished surface, but is... rough and uneven, covered everywhere, just like the Earth's surface, with huge prominences, deep valleys, and chasms." -Galileo, 1609
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These moons are Lo, Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto.
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After his discovery of the moons of Jupiter, there was more stars than other discoveries. (Picture drawn by Galileo)
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Galileo had lost his eyesight from observing the sun through a telescope.
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Galileo had no intention of becoming a professor at Pisa at this point.
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Galileo thought that everyone would see through the telescope as he does, and the people did not believe that he was sticking to his facts.
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The first three comets to be observed with the telescope, although they could be viewed by the naked eye alone.
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To see Galileo's theory of the tides: Link text
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The formerly coherent and solid Florentine moral universe was disintegrating, and Florence was no more a republic.
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A discussion of celestial matter, terrestrial matter, motion, and the tides
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He was confined in Arcetri and had many troublesome misfortunes of old age, although they did not prevent him from finishing his life in an atmosphere of serene and composed dignity.
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Dies in Arcetri, Italy
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The telescope's first disclosure was the new worlds in the firmament about which poet John Donne, only two years later, complained. Wherever he turned his glass, Galileo found new stars.
