GALILEO GALILEI WAS BORN ON FEBRUARY 15 1564 IN PISA ITALY HIS FATHER VINCENZO GALILEI WAS A MUSICIAN AND A MATHEMATICIAN WHAT ARE YOU DOING FATHER I’M CHECKING HOW THE LENGTH AND TENSION OF THE STRINGS OF THIS HARP AFFECT THE SOUNDS IT MAKES BUT WHY
BECAUSE EVERYTHING SHOULD BE QUESTIONED ONE MUST EXPERIMENT VERIFY THINGS FOR ONESELF GALILEO MY SON PROMISE ME YOU WILL NEVER BELIEVE WHAT OTHERS TELL YOU WITHOUT FIRST LOOKING WITH YOUR OWN EYES I PROMISE YES FATHER I PROMISE BODIES FALL WITH A VELOCITY PROPORTIONAL TO THEIR SIZE AND WEIGHT EXCUSE ME I KNOW ARISTOTLE SAID SO BUT HAS ANYONE CHECKED HMMPH
THE GRAND DUKE OF TUSCANY SPENDS SUMMERS HERE IN PISA IT’S A GREAT HONOR TO HAVE BEEN INVITED TO HIS COURT THIS IS THE ROOM WHERE OSTILIO RICCI TEACHES MATHEMATICS TO THE DUKE’S PAGES NOW SILENCE ACCORDING TO THE EUCLIDEAN SYSTEM HUH WHO’S THERE AH YOU MUST BE GALILEO VINCENZO’S SON AREN’T YOU YES I’VE HEARD GOOD THINGS ABOUT YOU WOULD YOU LIKE TO COME IN AND LISTEN TO THE REST OF THE LESSON GULP
