Galileo Galilei was born at Pisa on the 18th of February in 1564. His father, Vincenzo Galilei, belonged to a noble family and had gained some distinction as a musician and a mathematician. At an early age, Galileo manifested his ability to learn both mathematical and mechanical types of things, but his parents, wishing to turn him aside from studies which promised no substantial return, steered him toward some sort of medical profession. But this had …showed first 75 words of 1087 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1087 total…house arrest 1. lived in luxury 2. never in a prison cell C. Writings Prohibited D. Died in 1642 Bibliography 1. Drake, S. ,Galileo at Work: His Scientific Biography. Greensborough Press, 1995. 2. Finnochiara, Maurice A. ,The Galileo Affair. The University of California Press, 1989. 3. Redondi, P. ,Galileo Heretic. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 1987. 4. Reston, J. Jr. ,Galileo: A Life. HarperCollins Publishing, 1994. 5. Segre, M. ,In the Wake of Galileo. New Brunswick Co., 1992. 6. Sharratt, M. ,Galileo: Decisive Innovator., Sanford Publishing 1994 Word Count: 1114