During the seventeen century there where many great thinkers. People where started to ask why and how things happen. One of the greatest minds was Galileo Galilei, he was an astronomer, physicist, mathematician, and inventor, and he is one of the most famous scientists of all time. In Galileo’s daughter by Dava Sobel the life of Galileo is told by reading the correspondence that he had with his daughter. By the existence of letters between them Galileo’s discoveries and inventions are known. The three main points in the book are the life of his illicit daughter and relationship he had with his daughter, Galileo’s discoveries and inventions, and the last point is Galileo’s book dialogue and its consequences.
Galileo Galilei was born on 1564 in Pisa. He attended the University of Pisa. He had children but he had a special relationship with his daughter Maria Celeste who was conceived illicitly because he did not marry Marina Gamba of Venice. She was sent to a convent where she became a nun. In Galileo's Daughter, by Dava Sobel, Sobel tells the life of Galileo’s daughter but also tells the life of her father in such a way that its two stories are told in one great story. She writes about the life of his daughter by using her (Galileo’s daughter) own letters to her father. Galileo and Maria celeste wrote letters to each other, in which they wrote about their daily life, problems but most importantly about Galileo’s discoveries and inventions. Galileo’s was the only one that could preserve his daughter letter. Only he was able to save them because they were probably destroyed when she pass away, because it was dangerous for a Roman Catholic convent to preserve them during that time. During that time the Catholic Church was against any...
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In conclusion, the book tells the life of Galileo and his daughter by only using letters that they wrote to each other. His daughter suffered a life of misery and loneliness. She was condemned to a convent due to her father illicit relationship with her other. But she was a very open minded women and liberal. She learned many things from her father and accepted most of his ideas. On the other hand Galileo life was more interesting. He invented and discovers many things. He was known by many and liked too. But his biggest enemy was the church due to there believe that earth and everything around it was perfect. But his work that caused him more was his book Dialogue that caused him to be sentence to house arrest for the rest of his life. This book does talks about his work but talks greatly more about his personal life and his relationship with his daughter.
Galileo’s contributions to the science of Physics and Astronomy were many. His conviction was legendary. His willingness to suffer for his beliefs exemplify true courage in the name of truth, and has inspired others to venture intellectual independence from the Church‘s creeds, edicts, and proclamations. Perhaps these contributions led to the call for an investigation into Galileo's conviction, eventually calling for its reversal, in 1979 by Pope John Paul II. But regardless of his standing in the annals of the Catholic church he will always be the man who began the separation of science and religion.
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Galileo was born in Pisa Italy on February 15, 1564. Galileo was the first born child to Vincenzo Galilei and Giulia Ammannati. His family moved to Florence Italy after living in Pisa for ten years. In Florence he received education at the Camaldolese monastery in Vallombrosa. Later on in his life he decided to study medicine at the University of Pisa to study medicine. Wh...
In his Letter to The Grand Duchess Christina, Galileo challenged the widely accepted religious beliefs of the time, claiming that the conflict lies in their interpretation, not the context. In Galileo’s eyes science was an extremely useful tool that could and should have been used in interpreting the Scriptures. He argued that “the intention of the Holy Ghost is to teach us how one goes to heaven not how heaven goes” (Grand Duchess). The purpose of science was not to counter what the bible teaches; rather its purpose was to help explain the teachings of the scriptures. Furthermore, it was “prudent to affirm that the holy Bible can never speak untruth-whenever its true meaning is understood” (Grand Duchess). However, because of the terminology in which the bible was presented the perception of what the Scripture defined as truth was skewed. The Bible was written so that the common man could understand it and follow its commandments. The people also showed a greater inte...
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Galileo Galilei was an Italian scientist, often referred to as “the father of modern physics”. He was one of the inventors of the telescope and a strong proponent of Copernicanism. Galileo used his invention to make astronomical observations which supported Copernicus’ heliocentric model of the universe. These discoveries led to a fierce dispute, because they contradicted the theory which was prevalent at the time – that the universe followed a geocentric model, a theory, which had been accepted by the Catholic Church. To address this dispute, Galileo wrote a letter to Tuscany’s Grand Duchess Christina, in which he presented his position on the relation between science and religion, stating that the Bible does not contradict science.
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Galileo Galilei was an Italian philosopher born in 1564. As an adult, he didn’t believe the universal geocentric theory of the planets and heavens which was established by the Catholic Church. The church taught that the Earth was the center of the universe and everything revolved around our planet. Another theory that the Church supported was that the Earth stood still while the sun rose and set every day. Society in the 1500’s believed that the Pope spoke for God through a divine connection and to against the church was to go against God. To speak out against the church in this time was strictly taboo. If one was to speak against the church was considered to be heresy, which is exactly what happened to Galileo. Galileo invented the telescope and began studying the heavens above and noticed that changes within the stars and planets. He noticed that the “stars” that surrounded Jupiter moved. He came to the conclusion through rational thinking, that the Copernicus’ heliocentric theory was correct. Copernicus was a scientist and philosopher whose theory proposed that the sun was stationary and the heavens orbit around the sun. Galileo tried to convince the church not to aboli...
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The composer has aimed this text for general reading by all people over the age of ten. However as this publication is the young reader’s edition, it is targeted at young readers. People who may wish to read the book may be able to attain it through mediums such as book stores and libraries etc. Although this publication of the novel is the young reader’s edition, there is a publication aimed at adults.
Simone de Beauvoir was born January 9, 1908. She was the first child of a white middle class Catholic family living in Paris; and her birth order was one of the key facilitator s of her early intellectual growth. She was followed by one sister; and given this position in the family, de Beauvoir was treated as a honorary son. Thus, during her early childhood she received much of the privileged attention normally reserved for males, which led to the keen development of de Beauvoir's intellectual capabilities. She once wrote, "Papa used to say with pride: Simone has a man's brain; she thinks like a man: she is man" (Okely 23). Hence, the absence of a brother in her life provided the foundation for the nourishing of he...
Author: Simone de Beauvoir (January 9, 1908 – April 14, 1986) was born in Paris, France. De Beauvoir was raised in a Catholic household. Her parents were George Bertrand de Beauvoir (1878-1941) and Francoise Beauvoir (1809- unknown). De Beauvoir knew that she wanted to earn a living by herself, being a middle class child, marriage opportunities were put at risk. De Beauvoir passed her baccalaureate exams in mathematics and philosophy (1925). In 1929 she was the ninth woman that graduated from Sorbonne considering that women had just been allowed to gain a higher education. During this same year she met Jean-Paul Sartre (June 21, 1905 – April 15, 1980), he was a French philosopher, they created a relationship that marked their lives. Although
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Galileo was born in Pisa, Italy on February 15th, 1564. His father, Vincenzo was a music teacher and musician. After his family moved to Florence, Galilei was sent to a monastery to be educated. He was so happy there that he decided to become a monk, but his father wanted him to be a medical doctor and brought him home to Florence. He was never really interested in medicine and studied mathematics at the University of Pisa. He was especially interested in famous mathematicians like Euclid (geometry) and Archimedes. In fact in 1586 he wrote his first book about one of Archimedes theories. He eventually became head of mathematics at the University of Pisa where he first wrote about a very important idea that he developed. It was about using experiments to test theories. He wrote about falling bodies in motion using inclined planes to test his theories.