{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/65700e03562dfa0012d6eab1/6667a3305155490013adb555?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Galileo Galilei","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/65700e03562dfa0012d6eab1/1718067884905-7c1033ff11240d98aebd7ec2bb5386a7.jpeg?height=200","description":"<h1><strong>Series 3, Episode 2 - Galileo Galilei</strong></h1><p>Kennardley speaks with Galileo Galilei about his work on the telescope, astronomy, the heliocentric model of the universe and his clash with the Catholic Church over heresy charges.</p><p><br></p><h2><strong>References</strong></h2><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://www.encyclopedia.com/people/science-and-technology/astronomy-biographies/galileo#:~:text=Personal%20Traits.,a%20teacher%20are%20beyond%20question.\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.encyclopedia.com/people/science-and-technology/astronomy-biographies/galileo#:~:text=Personal%20Traits.,a%20teacher%20are%20beyond%20question.</a></p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://www.britannica.com/biography/Galileo-Galilei\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.britannica.com/biography/Galileo-Galilei</a></p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galileo_Galilei\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galileo_Galilei</a></p><p><br></p><p>Got to <a href=\"https://www.talkstraightproductions.com/great-scientists-in-history\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.talkstraightproductions.com</a> to find out more about all of Kennardleys Guests.</p><p><br></p><h3><strong>Episode Highlights </strong>       </h3><p><br></p><p>00.00 - Intro</p><p><br></p><p>01.11 - Galileo’s Birth and parents.Studying Medicine.</p><p><br></p><p>02.33 - Early Education/Studying Mathematics</p><p><br></p><p>04.46 -The Mathematics chair at Pisa University.</p><p><br></p><p>05.15 - Proving Aristotle wrong. Work on motion and kinetics</p><p><br></p><p>06.38 - Fathers death, financial burden and the University of Padua</p><p>07.53 - First interest in Astronomy and Copernicanism/Heliocentrism</p><p><br></p><p>09.32 - Children with mistress Maria Gamba.</p><p><br></p><p>10.28 - Diurnal parallax, more evidence backing Heliocentrism.</p><p><br></p><p>11.23 - The Telescope and astronomy.</p><p><br></p><p>13.19 - Mathematician and Philosopher to the Grand Duke of Tuscany.</p><p><br></p><p>14.00 - Discovering the phases of Venus and Jupiters Moons.</p><p><br></p><p>14.17 - First problems with the Catholic Church.</p><p><br></p><p>16.15 Attempt to solve the longitude problem.</p><p><br></p><p>16.50 Argument with Orazio Grass and the jesuits. Writing Il Sagiottore (The assayer)</p><p><br></p><p>18.04 Writing “The Dialogue Concerning two World Systems” and heresy charges.</p><p><br></p><p>20.12 Sentenced to house arrest.</p><p><br></p><p>21.09 - Writing “Discourses and Mathematical Demonstrations Concerning Two New Sciences”</p><p><br></p><p>22.03 - Death in 1642 aged 77</p><p><br></p><p>22.26 -&nbsp;Outro.</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p>","author_name":"Richard Lindsell"}