On the day of February 15, 1564 at Pisa, Italy, Giulia degli Ammannati gave birth to Galileo Galilei, an inventive and heroic first child. His father, Vincenzo Galilei played an important part in his son's life, as he revolved medieval polyphony to harmonic modulation. Thus, giving Galileo the chance to be apart of the renaissance world. At the age of 17, Galileo entered the University of Pisa as a medical student, however he soon became interested in mathematics …showed first 75 words of 764 total…

…showed last 75 words of 764 total…allowed Galileo to move to his home in Florence, so that he could be closer to his doctors. By that time he was totally blind. In 1642, Galileo died at his home outside Florence. In conclusion, Galileo was an inventive and heroic man, venturing to explore the renaissance world, and start a new one, the world of telescopic astronomy. Galileo was one of the founding forefathers of science. He is a begging of a new world.