4. Basic Information
• Born in Pisa, Italy
• Born February 15, 1564
• Roman Catholic
• Died January 8, 1642
• 7 siblings (Lylia, Maria, Lorenzo, Marsen,
Diso,Giovani, and Lakel)
5. Family life
• Average money, eldest out of family
• Father was very strict about education
• Had 2 daughters with Marina Gamba
• Livia, Virgina.
6. Galileo’s Relationship
• In 1599, Starts a relationship with Marina
Gamba.
• Never gets married
• Has 2 daughters and 1 son (Vinzenzo
Galilei)
7. Virgina Galilei
• Eldest child of Galileo’s
• Born August 12, 1600
• Got married to Benedetto Landucci
• Became a nun, known as
Sister Maria Celeste
8. Livia Galilei
• 2nd Eldest child of Galileo
• Born August 18, 1601
• Galileo wrote Livia horoscope
• Became a nun, Sister Arcangela
9. Inventions
• Thermometer – Invented in late 1593,
invented at the age of 31.
• Compass – Invented in 1597, invented at
the age of 33. (In Padua)
• Telescope – Invented in 1609
• Pendulum Clock – Invented near 1640
10. Galilean Thermometer
• Built because there were nothing
that could tell the temperature
• Objects in the sealed glass
change their position depending
on temperature
11. Compass
• Created to help his students learn
• Can solve any arithmetical and
geometrical questions
12. Telescope
• One of Galileo’s best creations
• Came up with telescope because he got the
idea of improving spyglass
Discoveries with Telescope
- Moon has mountains
- 4 moons orbiting Jupiter
- Sunspots, Lunar Mountains
- Milky Way has billion stars
- Was very useful
13. Pendulum Clock
• Galileo went to a Pendulum class, and got
the idea of making a pendulum clock.
• Clock with weight to keep it’s
Timing
• Christian Huygens made the
first pendulum clock, a year after
Galileo’s death
14. Galileo’s Education
• Father wanted him to study medicine
• At the age of 11, got sent off to a Jesuit
Monastery
• At the age 15, wanted to become a monk,
but father disagreed so he took him out of
the Monastery.
• At the age of 17, Entered a Pisa University
to study medicine.
15. • At the age 21, gave up a degree, to
become a mathematic teacher.
• Began teaching math privately, in Florence.
16. Death
• Suffering fever and heart palpitations
• Got buried in a small room
• Moved his body in 1737
• (Became blind at the age of 72 because of
Cataracts and Glaucoma)
17. Glossary
• Nun – Member of religious group of
women who live together
• Jesuit Monastery – Where religious group
of men life together
• Pendulum – A chain with a heavy weight
• Arthimetic – Kind of mathematics with
involve counting
• Horoscope – A statement about what is
going to happen to a person in the future
according to stars
