 Galileo
Galilej is an Italian physics, mechanics and the astronomer, one
of founders of natural sciences, the poet, the philologist and critic.
Is one of founders of the modern experimental -
theoretical natural sciences, put in pawn bases of the classical
mechanics; firstly the adherent, then the opponent of an astrology.
In youth was practising astrologist, but has sufferred on this field
painful defeat. He has predicted long and happy life to the patron
to
duke Tuscan, which has died in two weeks after a prediction. After
that Galilej began to deny the validity of an astrology though on
the basis of an own horoscope expected at itself heavy eye illness
which has really struck him in mature years. Galilej belonged to
notable, but the grown poor Florentine family.
 Father
of him, Vinchentso, the known
musician, rendered the big influence on development and formation
of
abilities Galilee In 1609, on the basis of the data which have reached
him on the telescope invented in Holland. Galilej builds the first
telescope, giving approximately 3-fold increase. Work of a telescope
was shown from a tower over Mark in Venice and has made enormous
impression. Soon Galilej has constructed a telescope with increase
in 32 times. The supervision made with his help. It destroyed "
ideal spheres " Aristotelja and a doctrine about perfection
of heavenly bodies. The surface of the Moon appeared covered with
mountains and pitted by craters, stars have lost the apparent sizes
and for the first time there was discovered their enormous remoteness.
 Galilej
for the first time has opened satellites of other planet (it was
the Jove) in 1610. They and
refer to - Galilej's satellites of the Jove. Wide circulation, and
then and an official recognition the names given to these satellites
by
German astronomer Simonom Mariusom in 1614 have received: Io, Europe,
Ganimed and Kallisto - so named in ancient greek mythology of the
characters closely connected to the Jove - Zevsom.
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