Galileo Galilei of her life. Vincenzo was later legitimised as the legal heir of Galileo and married Sestilia Bocchineri. Although Galileo seriously considered the priesthood as a young man, at his father's urging he instead enrolled in 1580 at the University of Pisa for a medical degree. In 1581, when he was studying medicine, he noticed a swinging chandelier, which air currents shifted about to swing in larger and smaller arcs. To him, it seemed, by comparison with his heartbeat, that the chandelier took the same amount of time to swing back and forth, no matter how far it was swinging. When
Galileo Galilei (opera) book, the fictitious characters come alive to discuss the theories presented. "Here, the Older Galileo becomes the Younger Galileo." "Incline Plane" The theories and experiments are put to the test in Galileo's laboratory. "A Walk in the Garden" Galileo and his great friend Cardinal Barberini discuss Galileo's newest book in the Garden. After the Cardinal's feeble attempt at poetry, Galileo expresses his fear of his enemies. Barberini warns Galileo not to continue with his theories regarding the planets. "Lamps" While at mass with his daughter, Galileo observes the swinging of a lamp suspended from the ceiling moving in pendulum fashion