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Galileo's father, Vincenzo Galilei, was a musician who encouraged his son to study and appreciate mathematics and science, which likely influenced Galileo's later interest in astronomy and physics. Vincenzo also pushed Galileo to attend the University of Pisa, where he began his study of mathematics and natural philosophy.
He made many experiments and observations in the field of physics in general.
Galileo had two daughters named Virginia and Livia.
Church officials believed the theory contradicted current religious teachings.
Beacause people thought that the Earth was the middle of the universe, not the sun.
Galileo was named after an ancestor on his father's side, Galileo Bonaiuti. It was a common practice in Renaissance Italy to name children after their grandparents or other family members to honor their memory and establish a connection with family lineage.