Zemlja je okrugla galileo biography

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The court issued a sentence of condemnation and forced Galileo to abjure. During this time he worked on a variety of experiments, including the speed at which different objects fall, mechanics and pendulums.

In 1609, Galileo heard about the invention of the telescope in Holland.

In 1614, Galileo was accused of heresy for his support of the Copernican theory that the sun was at the centre of the solar system.

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His work on astronomy made him famous and he was appointed court mathematician in Florence. In 1638, his 'Discourses Concerning Two New Sciences' was published with Galileo's ideas on the laws of motion and the principles of mechanics. Without having seen an example, he constructed a superior version and made many astronomical discoveries. Njegovi profesori bili su strastveni proučavatelji radova antičkih geometara, a najviše Arhimeda i njegova matematičko-eksperimentalnog načina mišljenja koje je prihvatio i sam Galileo.

Ali, uz mnoštvo novih otkrića kojima nas obasipaju, to nam se i ne čini nekom naročitom spoznajom. He was then appointed to the chair of mathematics at the University of Padua, where he remained until 1610.

In the Padua years, he conducted studies and experiments in mechanics, built the thermoscope, and invented and built the geometric and military compass.

He was also forced to publicly withdraw his support for Copernican theory.

Although he was now going blind he continued to write. In 1638, when he was almost totally blind, the Discorsi e dimostrazioni intorno a due nuove Scienze [Discourses and demonstrations on two new Sciences] was published in Leiden. In 1589, he became professor of mathematics at Pisa.

In 1616, he was forbidden by the church from teaching or advocating these theories.