It was the great Galileo Gallalie .
Although Evangelista Torricelli is universally credited with inventing the barometer in 1643, historical documentation also suggests Gasparo Berti, an Italian mathematician and astronomer, unintentionally built a water barometer sometime between 1640 and 1643
Galileo Galilei was the first to invent the thermometer formerly known as thermoscope in 1592.
There are no canals on Mars.The "problem" arose when Italian astronomer Giovanni Schiaparelli described the "lines" he saw as canali - Italian for lines or grooves.This was badly translated into English as canals and was used by Percival Lowell who prophesied that they were used to transport water from the polar caps to the "water starved populous" in the middle regions.They are in fact nothing more than optical illusions.
At last count Jupiter had a whopping 63 moons! It's four largest moons are called the Galilean satellites, after Italian astronomer Galileo Galilei, who observed them in 1610. The German astronomer Simon Marius claimed to have seen the moons around the same time, but he did not publish his observations and so Galileo is given the credit for their discovery. These large moons, named Io, Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto, are each distinctive worlds.
Galileo Galilei, the Italian astronomer, physicist, and engineer, was famously persecuted by the Roman Catholic Church for his support of the heliocentric model of the solar system. In 1633, he was tried and found "vehemently suspect of heresy" for asserting that the Earth revolves around the Sun, contrary to the geocentric model accepted by the Church at the time. As a result, he was forced to recant his views and spent the rest of his life under house arrest.
Galileo Galiili was forbidden by authorities to teach his ideas.
Galileo Galilei was forbidden by authorities to teach his ideas.
Galileo Galiili was forbidden by authorities to teach his ideas.
Galileo Galilei was the Italian mathematician and astronomer who was forbidden by the authorities to teach his ideas. His support for the heliocentric model proposed by Copernicus, which stated that the Earth revolved around the Sun, was deemed heretical by the Catholic Church. Galileo's works were placed on the Index of Forbidden Books and he was placed under house arrest for the remainder of his life.
Galileo Galilei
Galileo. He taught that the earth revolves around the sun which is true but authorities felt the earth was the center of the universe because God created it, so the sun must revolve around the earth.
was an Italian physicist, mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher who played a major role in the Scientific Revolution
The name of great Italian astronomer is Galileo. You need to read his biography. He is great as astronomer and brave soldier as well.
An Italian astronomer
He was born in Pisa, Italy on February 15 1564. Galileo was an Italian physicist, mathematician, astronomer, philosopher, and flautist. Galileo's father, Vincenzo, was a musician. Galileo was the first of six (but people believe seven) children.
Although Evangelista Torricelli is universally credited with inventing the barometer in 1643, historical documentation also suggests Gasparo Berti, an Italian mathematician and astronomer, unintentionally built a water barometer sometime between 1640 and 1643
Galileo Galilei