2. • Galileo was born
on February 15th
1564 in Pisa, Italy
• He is famous for
being great
scientist and
discovering how
the earth moved.
3. • In 1589,
Galileo was
studying
medicine
when he
noticed the air
was moving.
This caused a
chandelier in
the room to
swing back
and forth.
4. • He went
home and
studied for a
bit. He
found out
the swinging
was similar
to his heart
beat.
5. • The chandelier took the same amount of time
to swing back and forth no mater how far it
had to swing.
6. • Galileo set up two pendulums that are the
same size and swung one with one large
sweep and the other with a small sweep. They
swung at the same time
7. • In 1592, he moved to the University of Padua,
teaching geometry, mechanics, and astronomy
until 1610. During this time, Galileo made
amazing discoveres which were both correct
(kinematics of motion and astronomy).
8. • Galileo needed physical proof of the
earth’s motion. So he created the theory
of tides. The theory of tides sped up on
the earth’s surface to prove the earth’s
rotation. One of Galileo’s quotes is “I do
not feel obliged to believe that the same
God who has endowed us with sense,
reason, and intellect has intended us to
forgot their use.”
9. Leaning Tower of Pisa
• Galileo also proved that heavier objects move
faster than lighter ones. He went up the tower
of Pisa with different sizes and threw them all
of he side of the building and proved his
theory right.
