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by yasmine sabri 17 years ago

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Galileo concept map

Galileo was an influential Italian scientist whose work transformed our understanding of the cosmos. His observations and discoveries supported the Copernican theory, which posited that the Earth was not the center of the universe.

Galileo concept map

Galileo

Is great because he changed the way people think at his time and nowdays in understanding the world

Was condemend by the church because he

Continued arguing that Copernicus was right but he failed
That the copernican system was a better explanation of observable evidence
To offer the compelling proof that the old ptolemic system was contrary to observable evidence
Insulted the Pope personally

Is a great scientist because his

Further research that lead him to invent the micrometer
Device connected to the telescope used to determine the distance of each satellite from jupiter.
Joviable invention that is used to determine the periodsof jupiter's moons and compute the times of their eclipses
Discoveries of new things in the sky.
That he says, it proves the copernicus theory to be right

Which is the earth is not the center of the world

Telescope invention that is used to observe heavens

An italian scientist,scholar,thinker and a math professor