Who Was Galileo Galilei and Why Is the Italian Astronomer the Father of Modern Observational Astronomy?
Galileo Galilei seemed to be larger than life. Born in Pisa, Italy, in 1564, at the culmination of the Renaissance, Galileo was not just the first person to focus a telescope on the stars; he also turned the view of the world upside down. Galileo was a master of astronomy, mathematics, physics, philosophy, and publicity. His ima
