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Galileo Galilei: Father of Modern Science

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Host - Simon Whistler
Author - Steve Theunissen
Producer - Jennifer Da Silva
Executive Producer - Shell Harris

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Source/Further reading:

Galileo by Mitch Stokes
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20 Comments

@Biographics Creator 7 years ago Pinned

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@the4ms1 5 years ago (edited)

I love how Galileo's father Vincenzo also goes down in history as one man who would really have deserved a mug that read "World's Best Dad"

@dorifauszt 7 years ago

You have to give credit to Galileo's father! Like how many parents are so supportive of their children's desires? Especially in that era!

@Dirt_McGirt_Osirus 7 years ago

Galileo’s dad seems like a great dad and a great guy

@surlygirly1926 7 years ago

Fascinating episode. Galileo's father was exceptionally enlightened for the period. Rather than exert parental authority and force his son to go into trade or medicine - he recognized that Galileo's interest and 'genius' lay in other directions, and conceded ... even though he instructed his friend to not let Galileo know he approved. In any case, thank you for an excellent and informative Biographic.

@jaeger1123 7 years ago

great video once again and man the one thing I gotta say is that Galileo's father is a great example of some a+ parenting

@doctorpicardnononono7469 7 years ago (edited)

Galileo Galilei, still giving the finger to this very day!

@joechappell44 7 years ago

Galileo didn't invent the telescope. A Dutch lensman, Hans Lippershey did.

Galileo just improved the hell out of Lippershey's design by grinding his own lenses to such a fine degree that his telescope's magnification was 10x that of Lippershey's.

@curiousponderings 7 years ago

Damn, his father really knew how to encourage his son and knowing people. Now thats a man I commend!

@saintadolphus8013 5 years ago

"I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use."

-Galileo Galilei