Wikijunior:Famous Inventors/Early Inventors/Galileo

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Contents 1 When, Where, and to whom was he or she born? 2 What was his or her childhood like? 3 Why did this person become interested in science? 4 Where did this person go to school? 5 What problem did he or she uncover that needed solving? 6 What solutions had already been tried that did not solve the problem? Why wasn't it working? 7 What did this person invent that solved the problem? 8 How did the invention solve the problem? 9 How has this inventor changed people and the world? 10 What happened to this inventor in the end? 11 References

[edit] When, Where, and to whom was he or she born?

Galileo was born in Pisa (then part of the Grand Duchy of Tuscany), the first of six children of Vincenzo Galilei, a famous lutenist and music theorist, and Giulia Ammannati.

[edit] What was his or her childhood like?

[edit] Why did this person become interested in science?

[edit] Where did this person go to school?

[edit] What problem did he or she uncover that needed solving?

He solved the problem of how to see things a long way away.

[edit] What solutions had already been tried that did not solve the problem? Why wasn't it working?

[edit] What did this person invent that solved the problem?

The telescope is what Galileo invented to solve the problem.

[edit] How did the invention solve the problem?

It helps to see long distances, even into space

[edit] How has this inventor changed people and the world?

Instead of going into space you can look in a telescope

[edit] What happened to this inventor in the end?

[edit] References