YASH ARDESHNA

ABOUT FAMOUS SCIENTIST

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 Galileo Galilei
Galileo was born in Pisa , but later moved with his family to
Florence. In 1581 he enrolled in the University of Pisa to study
medicine, then switched to mathematics and natural
philosophy. He investigated many areas of science , and is
perhaps most famous for the discovery of the 4 largest moons
of Jupiter [ still called the Galilean moons ]. Galileo’s
observations led him to support the Sun – centred model of
the Solar System , which at the time was in opposition to the
teachings of the Roman Catholic Church. In 1633 he was tried
and made to recent this and other ideas. He was sentenced to
house arrest, which lasted the rest of his life. During his
confinement , he wrote a book summarizing his work on
Kinematics [ the science of movement].
Nicolaus Copernicus
Born in polish city of Turon in 1473 Nicolaus Copernicus was the
youngest of the 4 children of a wealthy merchant. His father
died when Nicoluas was 10. An uncle took him under his wing
and oversaw his education at the university of Krakow. He spent
several years in Italy studying medicine and law, returning in
1503 to Poland, where he joined the canonry under his uncle,
who was now Prince Bishop of Warmia. Copernicus was a
master of both languages and mathematics translating several
important works and developing ideas about economics, as well
as working on his astronomical theories. The theory he outlined
in De Revolutionibus was duanting in th mathematical
complexity, so while many recognized it’s significance, as was
widely adopted by astronomers for practical everyday use.