does anyone kno ..... [galileo]?

Question

what Galileo did [other than the telescope and solar system] how was his life?? [NO WIKIPEDIA PLEASE!!!]

Answer 1

"The pendulum. While in a cathedral, Galileo noticed that a chandelier was swinging with the same period as his pulse, regardless of its amplitude. However it was not until 1602 that he made his most notable discovery. The period does not depend on the arc of the swing (the isochronism). Eventually this discovery would lead to Galileo's further study of time intervals and the development of his idea for a pendulum clock.
Motion. Galileo said motion is continuous and can only be altered by the application of a force. He proved that Aristotle's belief that heavier objects fall faster through a medium than lighter ones wrong. He proved that all objects, regardless of their density, fall at the same rate in a vacuum. Proving this by dropping different objects from a certain height. On this he wrote a book called De Motu (On Motion).
Galileo had always been interested in docks and shipbuilding.In 1594 Galileo patented a pump model whic raised water by the use of one horse only. The idea or problem was presented to him involving oar placement in galleys. He used the oar as a lever and made the water the fulcrum."

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Constructed a military compass. Brought him acclaim and a substantial income.
1609
Built a "telescope" (although he was not the first to do so.) This enabled him to:
1. see craters on the moon, which was previously thought to be a smooth sphere.
2. discover four moons around Jupiter. The only planet believed to have a moon was the Earth
3. observe Venus shows phases (just like the moon of the Earth.)
1610
Published the findings above in a book called Sidereus Nuncius (The Sidereal Messenger). These findings were strong evidence supporting heliocentrism (Sun-centered universe) which was, at the time, against the teachings of the Bible and the Catholic Church. Galileo was then warned by the church not to teach heliocentrism as fact, only as a theory.
1623
After the appearance of three new comets in 1618, Galileo published a short work entitled Saggiatore (The Assayer) in which he supported heliocentrism and free scientific inquiry
1632
The climax of Galileo's publishing was the book, Dialogo sopra i due massimi sistemi del mondo, tolemaico copernicano (Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems, Ptolemaic and Copernican.) The intent of the book was to present an "inconclusive" conversation between three individuals regarding the geocentric (Ptolemaic) and heliocentric (Copernican) models of the universe. Throughout the book, however, the person defending the Ptolemaic view presented himself as a fool. For defying the warning of the Catholic Church Galileo was forced to recant and was placed under house arrest for the rest of his life."

Some of Galileo's less famous accomplishments include:
In 1595, Galileo worked out a mechanical explanation of the tides based on the Copernican motions of the earth.
He wrote a treatise on mechanics, showing that machines transform power rather than creating it.
In 1594 he received a patent from the Venetian Senate for a device for raising water by the power of one horse. A model of a pump, made more than a century after Galileo's death, is attributed to him, but is powered by two horses instead of one.
Galileo guessed that the area of a cycloid (curve generated by a point on a circle that rolls, without slipping, on a straight line) was pi*area of circle that produces it, but was wrong. The cycloid is actually three times larger than the circle.
When some gamblers asked him about the chances in a dice game played with 3 dice, Galileo used a table to figure out the probabilities.
He studied accelerated motion by rolling balls down a plane.
Galileo came up with the principle of flotation.
He also discovered the laws of equilibrium.
Galileo's principles of inertia state that a body in motion, not affected by external forces, will stay in motion. This anticipates Newton's Law of Inertia."

and here's something I hadn't known, regarding relativity:

"He can also be remembered for his theory regarding free fall. It stated that if any two objects are dropped at the same time, they will fall at the same rate. This experiment was performed by dropping various size objects at the same time from the leaning tower of Pisa.

Along with all his other great scientific accomplishments, Galileo Galilei also was the first person to propose the idea of relativity. Galileo thought that a state of uniform motion (also known as free motion) was as good as any other. He said that the relative uniform motion (moving or at rest) of two sailing ships do not affect the laws of motion in the two ships. To quote the book Spacetime Physics, "The simplicity of the Galilean Principle of Relativity lies in the equivalence of the two Earthbound frames and the symmetry between them." (Wheeler, page 55). From what Galileo described, it is possible to infer that he meant there would exist an inertial reference frame (or a frame of rest) in each ship with respect to the other ship. For example, if an object is dropped from a height on ship one it will appear to follow a straight line on ship one. Meanwhile on ship two, ship one’s object appears to follow a parabolic path. The same results will be seen from ship one if something is dropped on ship two. The concept that everything is relative was first formulated by Galileo.

Answer 2

There was an old show back in the seventies called meeting of the minds (I'm showing my age here). The premise was sitting at a table with historical figures and discussing different topics.
I can remember one episode that included Galileo. A question was brought to him about recanting his model of the solar system. This refers to him being questioned by the inquisition. There was a candle in the center of the table at which they were sitting. Galileo answered with a question: "How long can you hold your hand in that candle's flame?"

Answer 3

sorry. Don't feel like doing your homework for only 2 points in return.