Galileo’s Early Life Galileo Galilei was an Italian mathematician‚ astronomer‚ physicist‚ and philosopher. He was born in Pisa‚ Italy on February 15‚ 1564. He was the first of six children of Vincenzo Galilei‚ a famous composer‚ and music theorist‚ Giulia Ammannat. Because of his contributions‚ he has been called "the father of observational astronomy"‚ "the father of modern physics"‚ "the father of science"‚ and "the father of modern science". Early in life he wanted to join the Church Order‚ however
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PHYS 1160 Introductory Astronomy and the Search for Life Elsewhere Lecture 1 Introduction to Astronomy This Lecture • What is Astronomy • The Discovery of our Place in the Universe - A brief history • The Scale of the Universe 2 What is Astronomy? • The scientific study of celestial objects – e.g. Planets‚ Stars‚ Galaxies‚ and the Universe as a whole. • It encompasses the study of everything outside the Earth’s atmosphere. • The name comes from the greek words astron ("star") and
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Option – Astrophysics 1. Our understanding of celestial objects depends upon observations made from Earth or from space near the Earth 1) Discuss Galileo’s use of the telescope to identify features of the Moon. The Tuscan physicist‚ mathematician and philosopher Galileo Galilei constructed one of the earliest telescopes which he pointed towards the heavens. Galileo observed the moons of Jupiter‚ the phases of Venus and the rough features of the moon. This new evidence conflicted with the Ptolemaic
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Khadijah Ricks Professor Jim Delise Mosasics II 4/20/2015 Galileo vs. the Moon Truther When Galileo first turned his telescope to the moon‚ he had no idea that he was about to see something that would cast doubt upon centuries-old beliefs. At the time of Galileo‚ science was based upon the teachings of Aristotle. According to Aristotle‚ the Earth was the center of the universe. All heavenly bodies‚ including the moon‚ were perfect spheres that moved around the Earth with circular motions or combinations
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Humans have always been wildly fascinated about the possibility that extraterrestrial life could‚ does currently‚ or has existed elsewhere in the universe. This is a subject that has been questioned by humankind for at least 2000 years. Lucretius‚ a Roman poet from the first century B.C.‚ had suggested that “just as life originated by spontaneous chemical interactions on Earth‚ ‘we must acknowledge that such combinations of other atoms happen elsewhere in the universe to make worlds such as this
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raised in a small farming community in Streator Illinois and later moved to a family farm in Western Kansas. He had his first look through a telescope at age 14 and was hooked. He eventually began making his own telescopes and would go on to build over 30 in his lifetime. (http:starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov‚ Clyde Tombaugh) After building one particular telescope‚ one with a very accurate 9 inch reflector‚ he sent drawings of Jupiter and Mars to astronomers at the Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff Arizona
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System with planets revolving around it. It also pointed out that the Earth was in motion and that motion could explain the Retrograde motion of the planets. • The invention of the telescope has aided in the discovery of planets and moons that are further out in space. • Improvements to the telescope provide means to understand the geological and meteorological structure and motions of other planets. The Geocentric Model – The Earth at the center • In the 2nd century‚ Ptolemy used
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LIMITATION OF SIGHT AND HEARING INTRODUCTION Humans have sight and hearing limitation. Without any devices‚ our sight and hearing was limited. Most of the limitation of sight can be overcome with the help of certain optical instruments such as magnifying glass‚ microscope‚ binoculars and others. The range of frequency of hearing in human 20 Hz to 20 000 Hz. It was different according to the age of a person. Hearing limitations can be overcome by using devices such as microphone‚ stethoscope‚ earphone
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Universe solved many of the problems he found with Ptolemy’s model” (Text # 4). By others changing their minds they receive evidence that shapes their mind to make new conclusions. Copernicus changed his mind due to the evidence he found by using his telescope‚ well a medal tube. This small report was then showed to his friends but many many years later it was published. He did not publish it due to being mocked by the church because the stuck with Ptolemys Theory. Then after this many years later Galileo
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60-watt incandescent bulb‚ there is no leakage and the bottles can stay there for years without any need for maintenance! The water bottle lights are said to last for 5 years. The concept seems so simple but how does it work? The lights work by refracting sunlight in a 360-degree arc around the room‚ which provides superior light to a window or skylight‚ only
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