The History Of Galileo’s Telescope
During the 16th and 17th centuries there was a surge of interest, associated speculations and inventions that surrounded the study of stars. For example. in 1543, Copernicus published his theory which hypothesized that the earth and the other planets revolved around the sun. In addition, from 1604 through 1610, a supernova was observed in the Milky Way, the orbits of the planets were studied, the first refracting telescope was invented and Jupiter’s moons were observed.
One of the foremost scientific and inventive individuals, during this time, was an Italian physicist by the name of Galileo. Often Galileo is credited with the invention of the telescope. However, this is not true.
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