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Gn lil eo Wl!li an ltahun-hom mn1 hrma1ician. t hvcd 111 a 1 , me pcri1xl \\ hen peop le '1:ikl'ed in Ans101Jc·, Uu:oric, 1hu1 :i-tl)lh in!.! bt-yo nd canh wa, pcrtci:tly ilwncal and 1ha11hc univcr-.c r.:1olvctl

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Galil eo huilt the tirst aslronomica l :lescoj)I: 111 1609 lie dtd this hy mnding 'J, ow n lcn,c, and 111lll.mg 1hc111 com:avc lhruugh 1hc 1clc,copc he hc_l!an tu c,plmc ·,: un ivcr..c He ,1arlt'd w11h 1hc moon t lhtn in 1610. Gali leo ,u1\ Jupi ter. After IU<lymg Jupucr. he ,ame tu lhc conclusion n.Jl there arc plunc1, revo lving Jupi1,•r Thi, 11hcn hi' reali,ctl 1ha1 rhc urnvcrsc " t hocc nt ril' \stm centcrl'tl).

Galileo began to \ludy Copcmicu,· ::a.:hmg, (Copernicus lir,.1 in1rnd11ccd 1hc ldroccmric 1hcorv). 1lowcwr the Catholic hurch hclic1 l.'d 1lim !he,.: 1<:-adung, went ._~111,1God. making Ciod ,ccm imr,crlcc1. ~Jh lco, howc, er. 1hough1 11 11md1• God >CCmm,,re r,crfecl.

Gali leo w," horn 111 P1,.i. lwly and he bie r moved 10 Horcncc. His falhcr wa, a :nu,1rn111 l le was the oldcM of c1gh1 ,hil llrcn. I Ii , father tlictl young and he was 'po n,ihlc ror his 111u1h,·r and prol'1thng luwrie, for his lour ,istc1, He ne ver mnrr ied. bu1 had lhr.:c chi ld ren •uh u wo man from Venice. li e la1cr lef1

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Galileo, portrayed by Frederick Krebs, realized the universe Is heliocentr i c , an Id e a many f o und unpopular her and tool. the childrcn 10 hi<! with him Kreh, sa1tl Gahlcn hud a eompuls 1on for ml'asurin!! thin!?'· He invcnlcd tool, 10 mc,1,.rrc: weigh!. lcnglh wid th anti ,peed He d.:, i,cd 1hc thermo,l'opc. a lUOI li"c the ther1111•111ch:r

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-Dr. C'L1y ,Jenkinson St>£'ci af Ed11, 111io11 Cr1t•111 tf'Aft·11, Plt11·('(( the mil' of nul)or

-Gabe Zimmermn n 11 \ so am.uing .. future

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