Galileo Galilei was an Italian physicist, mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher born in 1564 who played a major role in the Scientific Revolution. Some of his achievements include improvements to the telescope that allowed him to make astronomical observations like discovering Jupiter's moons and sunspots. He also supported Copernicanism, which placed the Sun at the center of the universe, which was controversial at the time. After 1610, when he began publicly supporting the heliocentric view, he met opposition from some philosophers and clerics and was eventually tried by the Inquisition for defending his views, found guilty of heresy, and spent the rest of his life under house arrest.

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2. -Galileo Galilei was born in 15 February 1564 and died in 8 January 1642 -Galileo Galilei was an Italian physicist, mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher who played a major role in the Scientific Revolution. -His achievements include improvements to the telescope and consequent astronomical observations, and support for Copernicanism.

3. -His contributions to observational astronomy include the telescopic confirmation of the phases of Venus, the discovery of the four largest satellites of Jupiter (named the Galilean moons in his honour), and the observation and analysis of sunspots. Galileo also worked in applied science and technology, improving compas design. -Galileo's championing of Copernicanism was controversial within his lifetime, when a large majority of philosophers and astronomers still subscribed (at least outwardly) to the geocentric view that the Earth is at the centre of the universe.

4. -After 1610, when he began publicly supporting the heliocentric view, which placed the Sun at the centre of the universe, he met with bitter opposition from some philosophers and clerics, and two of the latter eventually denounced him to the Roman Inquisition early in 1615. -When he later defended his views in his most famous work, Dialogue Concerning the Tow Chief World Systems, published in 1632, he was tried by the Inquisition, found "vehemently suspect of heresy," forced to recant, and spent the rest of his life under house arrest.

5. -Although he was cleared of any offence at that time, the Catholic Church nevertheless condemned heliocentrism as "false and contrary to Scripture" in February 1616 and Galileo was warned to abandon his support for it—which he promised to do. -Galileo was born in Pisa (then part of the Duchy of Florence), Italy, the first of six children of Vincenzo Glilei, a famous lutenist and music theorist, and Giulia Ammannati. Four of their six children survived infancy, and the youngest Michelangelo (or Michelagnolo) became a noted lutenist and composer. Galileo´s Life

6. -Galileo's full name was Galileo di Vincenzo Bonaiuti de' Galilei. At the age of 8, his family moved to Florence , but he was left with Jacopo Borghini for two years. -He then was educated in the Camaldolese Monastery at Vallombrosa, 35 km southeast of Florence. Although he seriously considered the priesthood as a young man, he enrolled for a medical degree at the University of Pisa at his father's urging.

7. How Galileo's inventions help us A telescope that was superior to an average telescope because it could magnify 60 times while a normal one can only magnify 20. Galileo invented It helps us with seeing stars and space much better.