Galileo Galilei

Galileo Galilei

Galileo Galilei was one of the most unrealized scientists of his time. Galileo was born in Pisa, Italy in the year 1564 and died in Florence, Italy in the year 1642. Galileo spent most of his life in Pisa, as well as studied there in the University of Pisa. Galileo was well known for his achievements in: astronomy; invention; mathematics; and reluctantly astrology. Galileo mainly trained under the field of astronomy. Galileo has made many books including Message from the Stars, and Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems, Ptolemaic and Copernican. Galileo was most famous for his discoveries in astronomy, although he was a mathematician, an astrologist, and an inventor. You would have to be very skilled in mathematics and astronomy as well as a little dash of common sense to complete the picture. You would have to know the main navigational stars and as many others as you could. You would have to know as many constellations as you could get into yo...