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Period: Jan 1, 1581 to
Medicine
Galileo studies medicine at the University of Pisa -
No degree
Galileo returns to Florence without a degree. -
Falling objects
Galileo drops weights from the Leaning Tower of pisa to demostrate the law of falling objects. -
Chief
Galileo is appointed chief mathematician of the University of Pisa and philosopher and mathematician to the grand duke of Tuscany. -
Telescope
1611 Galileo visits Rome to demonstrate the power of the telescope. -
Pope
Galileo meets Pope Paul V to discuss his theories of the universe. -
Center of the universe
On Febuary 24, the Holy Office decides that the idea of the Sun being the center of the universe and Earth rotating around it is heretical. On Feb 26, Ballarmine warns Galileo not to hold or defend the Copernican theory.