Galileo Galilei is an Italian scientist, physicist, engineer and astronomer, one of the founders of natural science; poet, scholar and critic. He struggled against scholasticism, he considered the knowledge to be the basis of experience. He laid the foundations of modern mechanics, introduced the idea of the relativity of motion, established the laws of inertia, and the free fall movement of bodies on an inclined plane, the addition of movements; opened isochronous oscillations of a pendulum; first investigated the strength of beams.
Galileo was born February 15, 1564 in Pisa. In this city, he learned at school until he was 11. He then moved to Florence, where he studied at the Benedictine monastery. Then Galileo entered the University of Pisa. There for three years he studied medicine, geometry, philosophy, mathematics.
Being unable to pay the tuition, he returned to Florence, where he soon became acquainted with the Marquis of Monte. It was he who facilitated the entry of Galileo in the University of Bologna to work as a math teacher. Then, Galileo's teaching was held in Pisa and later in the University of Padua. It was one of the most productive periods for the scientist. The "Mechanics" by Galileo came out in 1593. Galileo described his study of falling bodies, the pendulum, put forward new principles of movement, in contrast to Aristotle's dynamics (O'Connor, "Galileo Galilei.").
Galileo's philosophy about the world is contrary to the Holy Scripture. Advocating the teachings of Copernicus, he falls under the court of the Inquisition, where he was forced to say the text of the abdication. Not long after being in prison, he was sent home. Kinematics, strength of materials has been described in the last work of Galileo called "Conversations and mathematical proofs of the two new sciences." Galileo invented the compass, hydrostatic scales, thermometer, microscope, and much more.
Works Cited
O'Connor, John Joseph. "Galileo Galilei." Galileo Biography. Web. 15 Apr. 2016.
