Elizabethan Science

Galileo Galilei

Galileo as an young lad!

• He was born in Pisa, Italy on Feb. 15, 1564
• His father who was a wool trader wanted young Galileo to study medicine for that money
• He attented University of Pisa to pursue medicine but later went to pursue physics and mathematics
• Left the university without a degree

His inventions

• Thermomter
• Improved on the Telescope!
• Pendulum clock
• Geometric compass

Telescope...

• The telescope helped him disprove the geocentric theory!
• He used it to find the moons orbiting Jupiter and the phases of Venus.

Aristotle was wrong!

• Aristotle thought science = Logic but Galileo proved science =experiments
• Galileo disproved that heavier objects fall faster than lighter objects

The Church wasn't very fond of Galileo's works and they put him under house arrest! :(

Fun Fact:

Fun Fact #2: Horror-scope
~He made a horoscope for Duke Ferdinand of Tuscany predicting a long and happy life but the Duke died 22 days later~

Francis Bacon

Bacon Early life

• Born to an elite family on Janurary 22, 1561
• Attended Trinity College when he was 12 and then soon dropped out
• His political career didn't go smoothly as he was accused of bribery

His impact

• Developed the empirical scientific method
• His writings about experimentation became a basis for scientists today doing experiments!

Many of the works of these scientists weren't approved during those times due to the Church but are now the basis of science!!

~Peace Out~