GALILEO Galileo Galilei was born in Pisa, Italy on February 15, 1564. Galileo lived in Pisa until he was about 10 years old. In 1574 his family moved to Florence where Galileo started his education at a monestary named Vallombroso, . In 1581, Galileo went to the University of Pisa to study medicine, while at the University of Pisa, Galileo discovered an interest in Physics and Mathematics; he switched his major from medicine to mathematics. In 1585, he left the university to …showed first 75 words of 653 total…

…showed last 75 words of 653 total…out the rest of his life under house arrest. Nevertheless he wrote “Dialogues Concerning Two New Sciences” had it smuggled out of Italy to be printed in Holland and later to be printed against his will. Only after 1638, when he became totally blind, were more visitors permitted. When he died in 1642, the Inquisition prohibited the Court and citizens of Florence to give him a public funeral or to erect a marble mausoleum for his grave.