Galileo Galilei

-February 15, 1564- January 8, 1642
-Father of modern science
-Made his own telescope
-Observed the moon and found Venus which
prove the statement that Earth is in the center
of the universe wrong.
-Got accused by the church and wrote books to
support his ideas
-Developed the universal law of acceleration
-Designed a type of thermometer
-Published: Discourse on Bodies in Water
"And yet it moves."