Galileo+Galilei

=Father of Modern Astronomy= []

Galileo Galilei was born in the city of Pisa, in the northern Italian region of Tuscany, on February 15th, 1564. He died in Arcetri on January 8th, 1642.

Galileo lived most of his life in Pisa where he was born. He was part of a six children family. In 1589, he was the chair of mathematics in the University of Pisa. Later in 1592, Galileo became the chair of mathematics in the University of Padua. This meant that Galileo also spent his life in Padua.

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== = = Galileo Galilei was most famous for creating the telescope. He got the idea of making a telescope from a Dutch optician named Hans Lippershey. He also got the idea from spectacle makers in Europe. Spectacle makers were making lenses for glasses. Since there were far and close sighted lenses, he used them to make the telescope lenses so that he can zoom in and out of things. He discovered many things with the telescope. He discovered four moons revolving around Jupiter, observed the shapes of Saturn and Venus, and lastly, he observed sunspots and a supernova. The most important discovery that he made which changed the history was that he proved that the Copernican system was correct by using his telescope. The Copernican system was stating that Earth and other planets revolve around the sun. Another thing he was famous for is that he formulated the basic law of falling bodies. He formulated this law by using what we call now, the scientific method. He certainly changed the way we think of science.

Galileo Galilei Script
Introduction: Hello ladies and gentleman. I am Larry talking here. There is a breaking news. A reporter called Joseph Junkelman just made a break through in history. He traveled back in time to the renaissance. Supposedly, he is going to interview the citizens around Galileo and if we are lucky we might get a shot of Galileo himself. Galileo is a genius: He is a mathematician, astronomer and philosopher. He improved the telescope and made many observations. He thought, that the earth is not the center of the universe, which supports Copernicus idea. Later though the holy inquisition made him take back his ideas. So, now its over to Joseph. Interviewer: Yes, I am in Florence in the year 1615. The city is booming with people, with people who all want to see Galileo Galilei present telescope. Hi, ehm excuse me I am a reporter of the future. I have a few questions for you. How do you feel about your century compared to the time before yours? Giulia: Well, I feel very good and happy to live here, rather than the dark ages before us, from all the stories and rumors I have heard. It must have been terrible: the pest, the wars, the feudal system and the people were so stupid, they even believed in witch-craft. Nowadays, we are more free, we respect each individual and we have more control over ourselves. And just think of all the beautiful art here in Florence! Interviewer: If you would please explain to me, what problems are you and your country facing? Giulia : We had the problem of knowledge not getting passed on quickly enough. But this was solved by the invention of Johannes Gutenberg's revolutionary machine. Interviewer : Why, could you please explain? Giulia : He created a machine to produce written work in a more efficient way: Faster, neater and with less costs. Before Gutenberg, each book or each paper had to be handwritten, which made them both costly and rare. Now the machine of Gutenberg works like this: The printer can create a whole page by using the individual letters, which later can be reused again. Since than so many books and works have been printed and spread throughout Europe. First it was the holy bible, but now you can find stories about adventure and romance, or sheets music. Now, not only the churches, monks and the wealthy can read, but also lower class also have access to these works. Interviewer: Thank you very much for your time. Ciao! Interviewer : Excuse me, Sir, wait, my name is Jo and I would like to ask you some questions. Farmer : Are you from the holy inquisition? Interviewer: No, don’t worry. I am a harmless reporter. Question Number One: For you, what is the most advanced solution, that helped you in your life? Farmer : That’s an easy one. I am a farmer, so the cross-ploughing device was very helpful, making me plant at least two times faster. Interviewer : Who would you call the most important and respected people? Farmer: Well, there is the Pope, Columbus, Johannes Gutenberg and my personal favorite Shakespeare. Oh… and Leonardo, of course. Even though I am a farmer, I am very interested in art. Where ever you look you find art: sculptures, nice buildings, paintings, music. So wonderful! Interviewer: Thank you and see you later. Interviewer: Excuse me, you have time for a question or two? Entertainer: Yeah, sure. Interviewer : So you are what as profession? Entertainer: I am an entertainer. I am a singer. I am a story teller. I am a performer. A juggler. A painter. Interviewer: Ok, ok. You are my man! Could you please tell me all about entertainment? Entertainer : Wow, I am really your man! Well, entertainment is booming. Lords and masters are paying more and more for amusement, nice clothes, festivals and drama. And I can provide all! You know, also many manufacturers, traders and money-dealers have now the possibilities to pay for art and entertainment. Interviewer: Very nice. Can you tell me an invention, that helped you personally a lot? Entertainer: Ahhh, of course, the flush toilet is really thumbs up! You don’t have this smell all over the town and more important the sickness rate went down dramatically. Now seriously, I am really glad, that you find theatres now in nearly every big city. That makes life easy. Interviewer : Thanks, that is all I needed to know. See you. Interviewer: Pardon me, could you answer a few questions? Priest: Yes, my son! Interviewer: What was the significant change in the last hundred years? Protestant Priest: That was the split up of the church, which is still going on. In earlier times there was only the Roman Catholic Church, so powerful, wealthy and influential. But now many people begin to feel that the church is corrupt and it is said that it had moved away from the original message of Christianity. Just think of the tithe, we had to pay every year! I am so happy that Luther translated the bible and opened the eyes of the people. Interviewer: And what invention do you like best? Priest: My son, the translation of the bible into other languages of course and the fact that many towns now found their own universities. More and more people can read and get education, but still many people are uneducated. Interviewer: Nice meeting you, thank you Father. Priest: May God be with you. Interviewer: Um… um. Hello are you Galileo Galilei? Galileo: Yes, I am Galileo Galilei. Interviewer: Um…. Hi, my name is Joseph Junkelman and I work as an interviewer that came from the 21st century. Sorry, I am kind of nervous. It is my first time meeting you. Galileo: The 21st century!!!!!!!! What are you talking about? It’s the 17th century now! How can a 21st century interviewer come to this time period? Interviewer: Well my friend has made a time machine that can go to the past. I wanted to meet you so I came to visit you in this time period. Galileo: That is weird, but ok. What do you want to know? Interviewer: Well some of the people listening to this interview must be wondering when and where you are born. Would you mind telling us that? Galileo: Sure. I was born in the city of Pisa, in the northern Italian region of Tuscany, on February 15th, 1564. Interviewer: Wow, very detailed about where you are born. Now I also want to know about your parents. Galileo: I had a father named Vincezo Galilei who worked as a music scholar. My mothers name is Giulia Ammanant and I am her first child out of the six children’s she had. Interviewer: Your mom had six children’s including you! That is a lot. My mom only has one child. Me! Galileo: Cool. Interviewer: Well anyways, lets get on with the interview again. So Galileo, are you married or not? Galileo: Sadly, I am not married. However, I have a brief relationship with a woman I met in one of my many trips to Venice. Her name is Marina Gamba. We even have three children’s between us. Interviewer: You’re not married and you have three children’s! That is weird but interesting. Well anyways, I have heard that you had a talent. Well what is that talent? Galileo: Well math has always been one of my talents. I like math so that is why I am the chair of mathematics at the University of Padua. Interviewer: Galileo, I have always been wondering about your major accomplishments. What are your major accomplishments? Galileo: Hummmmm…….. Well one of my accomplishments is that I kind of made the telescope. Interviewer: Wow! You made the telescope. How did you make it? Galileo: Well it’s kind of hard to explain how I made it, but I got the idea of making a telescope from a Dutch optician named Hans Lippershey. I also got the idea from spectacle makers in Europe. Spectacle makers were making lenses for glasses. Since there were far and close sighted lenses, I used them to make the telescope lenses so that I can zoom in and out of objects. Interviewer: Cool. Well because of your invention with the telescope, in the 21st century, we have discovered many other objects and bodies in space by making your telescope even better. Galileo: Really! I thought my invention just taught the people right now about other planets in the space. My invention is actually helping the future world. Yeah! Interviewer: Congratulations with that. So by using your telescope, what did you discover? Galileo: I discovered that four moons were revolving around Jupiter. I also studied the shapes of Saturn and Venus. Lastly, I observed sunspots and a supernova using my telescope. Interviewer: I have also heard that you proved the Copernican system. Is that true and how did you do that? Galileo: That is true. I have proved the Copernican system which states that the earth and other planets revolve around the sun. I proved that this system was correct by using my telescope and actually showing that to people. Interviewer: So other than the invention of telescope, what other major accomplishments did you do? Galileo: Well this isn’t that important but I formulated the basic law of falling bodies. Interviewer: What are you saying? Your law of falling bodies changed the 21st, century too. You started the scientific method by testing your law. It also told people that science was important and is important to achieve new things. Galileo: You called it the scientific method? Is that the method where I used hypotheses, variables, conclusions and other things to prove that my law was correct? Interviewer: Yes. It’s that method. It helped the future to get a more accurate data on experiments. Galileo: Really! That is happy to know. Hooray! Interviewer: Well Galileo, you have told me many things about yourself today. It was fun and interesting talking to you, but the time of going back to the 21st century has come. If I have time again next time, I am willing to come and visit you again. Galileo: Well I will be waiting for you so farewell for now! Interviewer: Bye! Conclusion: Hi again ladies and gentleman. I am back in the 21st century. I am kind of dizzy from the flight. Well anyways, did you guys who heard my interview have fun? Well I certainly had fun talking to Galileo Galilei. He invented many important things like the telescope for us. That was cool! He was really an enthusiastic person and was also easy to interview. I am hoping to get “ The story of the Year,” with this interview. That’s basically what I want to say. Larry will finish the news. - To Larry I don’t now if this is going to be “ The story of the Year,” but there is certainly a possibility. I mean you went back into time and interviewed the REAL person. That is great! Well thank you to all the audience that heard the news tonight. See you again next time!

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