April 4, 2008

History Of Telescopes - A Look At Galileo And The Galileo Galilei Telescope

window.document.getElementById(’post-55′).parentNode.className += ‘ adhesive_post’;The first inhabitants of the world were compelled to accommodate their acts to the daily and annual alternations of light and darkness and of heat and cold. In history there are only a few distinguished men who made such a big contribution to astronomy, one of them was Galileo Galilei and his work with the telescope.
When we look at today’s telescopes we mainly are working with either Galileo’s telescope or Newton’s telescope. These men made such a big impact in astronomy and telescopes, that we still use the same types of telescopes invented by these men!
Galileo or his full name Galileo Galilei was an Italian physicist and astronomer. Galileo was born in Pisa on 15 February 1564 and lived 78 years till 1642 when he passed away. In this time he made such advancement in astronomy, that we still know the name Galileo.
Galileo not only made advancements in astronomy, he is also noted with the invention of the thermometer! Galileo Galilei telescope was the first to make observations of the Moon and its crescents, the Sun, planets and stars.
Most of Galileo’s time and energy was in mathematics and that is what he spent most of his time. […]

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