Galileo galilei biography in brief summary

Galileo Galilei was born on 15 February 1564 in Pisa, Italy. (He is one of the few famous people known by his first name rather than surname). Galileo was the first of 6 or, some say, 7 children.

His father was a musician, and although the family was fairly well off, they were not rich.

In 1581 Galileo started studying medicine at Pisa University. However he soon ‘fell in love’ with mathematics and he decided to learn to teach mathematics and philosophy.

(Much against his father’s wishes!) Galileo left the university in 1585 and began privately teaching mathematics.

Galileo galilei biography in brief summary pdf

He soon gained a reputation as a brilliant mathematician and in 1589 he became a lecturer in mathematics at Pisa University.

At that time the ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle was held in very high esteem and many people accepted his ideas without question.

However, Galileo did not. Aristotle said that if two objects, a heavy one and a light one both fall from a height the large one will reach the g