Who was Galileo Galilei? Interesting information|

Galileo Galilei

Galileo Galilei was born on 15 February 1564 in pisa, Italy. Galileo has been called the "Father of modern science".

In 1589, in his series of essays, he presented his theories about falling objects using an inclined plane to slow down the rate of descent.

 Galileo was also a remarkable craftsman. He developed a series of telescopes whose optical performance was much better than that of other telescopes available during those days.

Around 1640, he designed the first pendulum clock. In his book 'Starry Messenger' on his astronomical discoveries, Galileo claimed to have seen mountains on the moon, the milky way made up of tiny stars, and four small bodies orbiting Jupiter. In his books 'Discourse on Floating Bodies' and 'Letters on the sunspots', he disclosed his observations of sunspots.

        Using his own telescopes and through his observations on Saturn and Venus, Galileo argued that all the planets must orbit the Sun and not the earth, contrary to what was believed at that time.

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