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After a more than 30-year intermission we’re back with Meeting of the Minds. Tonight on our show we have Isaac Newton, George Washington, Alexander Fleming and Adolf Hitler, and we’ll be discussing what they think their biggest accident was. “Oldest first, Mr. Newton what was your greatest accident?” I expect him to have to think hard for an answer due to his amazing achievements. Quickly, he answers, “My discovery of gravity. Me seeing the apple fall that inspired my theory was completely accidental

“When Galileo was under house arrest, he wrote Two New Sciences.” It’s about his life’s work on the science of motion and strength of materials. In his book, Galileo talks about the resistance of bodies’ separation in day one. It talks about Aristotle and his theory on motion. Aristotelian physics argued that the Earth must not move as humans are unable to perceive the effects of this motion. On the other hand, it includes Galileo’s procedures of his experiment on motion. The second day, it talks

Galileo was born into a continent wracked by cultural ferment and religious divisions. In the late of 1500s, he saw the last years of the Italian Renaissance, which is a revival of arts and letters that sought the recovery and reworking of classical art and philosophy from ancient Greece and Rome. And on the 15th and 16th centuries, the Renaissance Italy was a center of artistic and intellectual ferment, a home for the great geniuses of the revived humanistic spirit Machiavelli, Da Vinci, Petrarch

Robert was born on January 25, 1627 to a Protestant family in Lismore, Ireland. He is the most influential Anglo-Irish scientist in history. Also during his time there was a question whether Science and Christians can coexist. Well there are certain fields of science which had conflict between coexisting with Christianity. But Boyle was in a different field of science which allowed coexistence. His work of science includes of Boyle's Law. He revealed the physical characteristics of air. Showing that

his works that the church thought was heretical, one work such as Dialogue concerning the two chief world systems. Galileo was house arrested after the churches reaction to these heretical books, but he still continued to publish books. He died in Arcetri, near Florence, Italy on January 8, 1642. Why I chose him I believe Galileo was the father of modern day astronomy and made what astronomy better. The reason I chose Galileo was because he had a very interesting life and was the real first one

The Trial of Galileo The trial of Galileo is an important event in the history of science. We now know, the Roman Catholic church now recognizes, that Galileo's view was correct. What were the arguments on both sides of the issue as it was unfolding? Search the web for documents that chronicle the trial and discuss briefly the case for and against Galileo in the context of the times in which the trial occurred. Be sure to accurately reference your web sources! Your posting

mountains and craters on the moon moons around Jupiter; he proved the theory of the Earth revolving around the sun. He was born on the 15th of February, 1564 Pisa, Duchy of Tuscany Italy and died at the age of 77 on the 8th of January in 1642 in Arcetri, Grand Duchy of Tuscany, Italy. Galileo played a major role in 1550-1700 by, impacting the early modern period with modern science. His development of field with declarations and publications transformed the views of society about nature.

Quick Facts Name Galileo Occupation Astronomer, Scientist Birth Date February 15, 1564 Death Date January 8, 1642 Did You Know? Galileo supported the Copernican theory, which supports a sun-centered solar system. Did You Know? Galileo was accused twice of heresy by the church for his beliefs. He remained under house arrest the remaining years of his life. Did You Know? Galileo devised his own telescope, in which he observed the moon and found Venus had phases like the moon, proving it rotated around

Galileo was a mathematician, astronomer, physicist, and teacher who played a major role in the scientific revolution during the Renaissance Era. Galileo put the concepts of experiments, theory and mathematics together to advance the scientific world. He is often referred to the Father of Science. Galileo was born February 15, 1564 in Pisa in the Duchy of Florence, Italy. He was the first of six children born of Giulia Ammannati and Vincenzo Galilei, a musician and music theorist. His family moved

Galileo also contributed to lots of Kepler’s work. Galileo Galilei was probably one of the best astronomers in the history of astronomy. He was born on February 15,1564. He lived his life in Pisa,Italy and later unfortunately died on January 8,1642 in Arcetri, Province of Florence,Italy. His nationality is of course Italian. Galileo studied medicine at the University of Pisa, but he later became a mathematics professor. He taught at the University of Padua for 18 years. Like many scientists at that