Galileo was born in Pisa, Italy in 1564 to a noble but impoverished family. From a young age, he was drawn to art and learning. He received his primary education at a nearby monastery and showed great aptitude for academics. Though his father wanted him to become a priest, Galileo had a passion for science and discovery. He went on to make important contributions in mechanics, invention, and astronomy through his development of improved telescopes and microscopic observation techniques. His astronomical observations of the moon, sun, and Jupiter's moons strengthened the heliocentric model of the solar system put forth by Copernicus.

1. GALILEO
GALILEI

2. BIOGRAPHY
Galileo was born in Italy, in Pisa, near
Florence, in the family of well-born but
impoverished nobleman Vincenzo Galilei, a
prominent music theorist and lutenist. In the
family parents of Galileo, Vincenzo Galilei
and Giulia Ammannati — had six children,
but was lucky to survive four: Galileo's
eldest son, daughters Virginia and Libya
and the youngest son, Michelangelo, who
later also gained fame as a composer and
lute player.

3. BIOGRAPHY
From an early age the boy was drawn to art; through all
his life he carried a love of music and drawing, which are
mastered to perfection. In his adult years the best artists of
Florence — Chol, Bronzino and others consulted with him
in matters of perspective and composition; Chol even
argued that it was in Galilee he owes his fame. On the
works of Galileo, you can also make a conclusion about
the presence of his literary talent. Primary education,
Galileo received at the nearby monastery of Vallombrosa.
The boy loved to learn and became one of the best
students in the class. He weighed the possibility of
becoming a priest, but his father was against it.

4. Scientific discoveries
Mechanics
• Galilee mankind owes two principles of mechanics, which played a major role in the
development of not only mechanics, but also the whole of physics.
The invention
• the first major invention was a hydrostatic balance for the rapid determination of
composition of metal alloys;
• invented the thermoscope, which is a type of thermometer.
Astronomical research
• built his first telescope with three times magnification, and a few days later with an
increase of 32 times;
• made several important astronomical discoveries.

5. Astronomical research
1609 built his first telescope
In the years 1610-1614, by changing the distance
between the lenses, he created the microscope
discovered mountains and craters on the moon
the spots on the Sun
discovered 4 satellites of Jupiter

6. Astronomical research
The creation of the telescope and
astronomicalopen Galilee
brought a widepopular. These
discoveries of coursestrengthened
the position of the heliocentricthe
system of Copernicus in the fight
againstscholastic aristotelic-
Ptolemeus interpretation of the
Universe.