Galileo Galilei, A Man Ahead of His Time Galilei was born in Pisa in 1564, the son of a well known for his studies of music, and Giulia Ammannati. He studied at Pisa, where he later held the chair in mathematics from 1589 - 1592. He was then appointed to the chair of mathematics at the University of Padua, where he remained until 1610. During these years he carried out studies and experiments in mechanics, and also built a …showed first 75 words of 746 total…

…showed last 75 words of 746 total…sea. Thermoscope- Galileo dedicated himself to research on heat at the end of the 16th century. The invention of the thermoscope seems, then, to belong to his Paduan period. This device was used to carry out experiments on the relationship between changes of temparature and variations of the level of the liquid. The work of the Accademia dei Cimento, which led to the birth of the Florentine thermometer had its origins in Galileo's early research.