Galileo was an Italian scientist born in 1564 who invented the telescope and discovered that the Sun, not the Earth, was the center of our solar system. He had three children and went to the University of Pisa. Though his discoveries contradicted the Catholic Church, he made important contributions by being the first to observe the stars, planets, and moon using a telescope and changing people's understanding that the Sun is the center of our universe, not the Earth.

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Galileo was born on February 15, 1564 and died
on January 8, 1642.
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He was born in Pisa, Italy

3. He went to University of Pisa
 He had three children name Maria
Celeste, Vincenzo Gamba, and Livia Galilei.
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4. He invented the first ever telescope.
 He discovered that the sun was in the middle of
the university not the earth.
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By making the first telescope where you could see
the stars, planets, and the moon.

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He didn’t win any awards because he was
denounced by the Roman Catholic Church for
telling them a lie which was actually true.

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“ I have never met a man so ignorant that I
couldn’t learn something from him.”

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Galileo effected our life by creating the first
telescope and telling us that the sun is the
middle of our university not the Earth.

9. Giordano Bruno burned as a heretic. English East
India Company established.
 Samuel de Champlain establishes French colony of
Quebec. The Relation, the first newspaper, debuts in
Germany.
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