Galileo who was a great Italian scientist was born in 1564. When he was in middle school, he planned to become a doctor, but he changed his mind. He liked a different kind of science—physics. In Galileo's time, not much was known about how objects moved. He did an experiment by dropping two balls in different weights from a high tower and discovered that they hit the ground at the same time!
In later years, Galileo became interested in how the stars and planets moved. He watched the sky with a telescope( 望远镜) he built by himself. Once again, he saw things no one had ever seen before. For example, he saw that the moon was not smooth. Then he noticed that the sun had spots(斑点) that seemed to move. Galileo died in 1642, but his work helped to change the world. He is sometimes called the father of modern science because he showed us how important it is to look carefully at things and to test out ideas with experiments.
A Great Scientist - Galileo |
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The time and place he was born |
In 1564 in |
His job |
A scientistof a doctor |
His discovery |
Two balls in differentfalling from a high tower hit the ground at the same time. |
In later years |
Seeing things with a telescope he built on his |
The reason why he is called the father of modern science |
Showing us how important it is to lookat things and to test out ideas with experiments. |