Galileo Galilei - Famous Scientists

GALILEO GALILEI
Born: Feb 15, 1564 in Pisa, Italy
Died: Jan 8, 1642 in Arcetri (near Florence)

A Galileo Timeline
1597 - constructed a military compass.
1609 - Built a "telescope" (although he was not the first to do so.)
1610 - supported heliocentrism (Sun-centered universe) and free scientific inquiry
1632 ( The Inquisition ) - Galileo was forced to recant his ideas and the Catholic Church placed him under house arrest for the rest of his life.
Key Figures in the Trial

Animations:
Galileo's Law of Falling Bodies
The Moons of Jupiter

Links:
Galileo Project
Inventions
Catholic Encyclopedia
Biography
NOVA - Galileo
NASA - Quest
BBC

Famous Quotes:
"All truths are easy to understand once they are discovered; the point is to discover them "

"I have never met a man so ignorant that I couldn't learn something from him."

"I do not feel obliged to believe that God, who has endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect, has intended us to forgo their use."