Galileo Galilee
Italy, 1564-1642
![]() | He was an arrogant Catholic priest. Despite that, he had a daughter. He had built his own telescope, Pointed it toward things and wrote about them. He discovered moons around Jupiter, something very strange, turned out to be rings, around Saturn, phases of Venus, stains on the sun, and many small craters on the moon. In the process, he revolutionized science and died while he was blind and under a house arrest. Historic moment: "Stop whining! the world does not move around you!" Galileo mom "Bummer! Let's find out if she's right," Young Galileo |