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=Galileo by Harrison and Anna=


 * Galileo successfully used the new invention the telescope to improve people’s knowledge of astronomy.
 * Galileo discovered the moons of Jupiter and the cycles of Venus.
 * Galileo supported Copernicus’s idea that the earth was not the center of the universe and all things revolve around it, but in fact, the earth revolved around the sun.
 * Galileo expressed unorthodox beliefs which challenged those of his superiors and rulers.
 * He believed more in science than the theory that religion and god created all. Galileo didn't blindly believe religious fixtures like others of his time.
 * He was abjured, or condemned for an idea that was right, but against the church’s idea of what was right.
 * Galileo was publicly outed and attacked by many religious fixtures which were against his beliefs and what he was teaching.
 * Showed the people that the church was not always right and that science had not all been discovered.
 * Galileo’s middle right Finger is on display in Italy.
 * His work is important because some of his discoveries are still pertinent and important to science and education today.
 * He educated people in a society who had otherwise been sheltered and had information kept from them by leaders.
 * Galileo Galilei was born on February 15, 1564 in Pisa, Italy.
 * He died on January 8th 1642 in Tuscany, Italy at the age of 77

> Bibliography: **Source Citation:** "Galileo Publishes //Dialogue on the Two Great World Systems//, 1632." //DISCovering World History//. Online Edition. Gale, 2003. Reproduced in History Resource Center. Farmington Hills, MI: Gale. [|http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/History/] //The Galileo Project//. Web. 02 Feb. 2010.  Galilei, Galileo. "Galileo Galilei | Astronomer and Physicist." //Lucidcafé Interactive Café and Information Resource//. N.p., n.d. Web. 1 Feb. 2010. . []
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