About Galileo!!!

From this Thursday to Saturday, our school's varsity players are going to perform a play called Galileo by Bertolt Brecht. So I researched some information about Galileo.

Galileo Galilei, who is often known as just Galileo, was an Italian physicist, mathematician, engineer, astronomer, and philosopher. He had achieved so many things in numerous fields especially science. He was born on 15 February 1564 in Pisa, Italy and was the oldest of six children in his family. He died on 8 January 1642 after suffering fever and heart palpitations. 

When he was young man he studied medicine at the University of Pisa and later he became a professor and chair of mathematics at the university. He also made several discoveries in physics such as "Principle of Inertia" which was similar to Newton's First Law. 
Then he became interested in optics and astronomy, and in 1609 he built his first telescope and begun making observations. Most of his observations were opposing the Church's belief so eventually he angered the Pope in 1632 because he published a book that was openly stated his idea that disagree with the church. He was first imprisoned, and later confined to his house near Florence. 

However his publishing was not ended. He continued to write about physics. "the laws of mechanics will be the same for all observers moving at the same speed and direction with respect to one another." This fundamental concept later formed the basis for Einstein's Special Theory of Relativity. He was one of the scientists who began the Scientific Revolution in Europe and his works are playing significant roles nowadays.