GALILEO Galileo (1564- 1642) was an Italian astronomer and physicist whose discoveries in mechanics and astronomy contribute greatly to the progression of Science. He started his Science career at the University of Pisa where he studied to be a physician. Galileo made his first important discovery while still studying in Pisa when he was only 19, it was when he was in the cathedral observing the swinging action of the hanging lamps, he wondered if the duration …showed first 75 words of 582 total…

…showed last 75 words of 582 total…violent attacks against him, so that he was finally denounced to the Inquisition. On Galileo’s next visit to Rome, the Holy Office announced a censure against the Copernican system in 1616, and stopped Galileo from teaching, defending, or even discussing it. Afraid of imprisonment, Galileo agreed. The last years of his life were spent at Arcetri where he lost his eyesight. He could not observe celestial bodies anymore but he continued to teach about them.