Galileo Galilei's parents were Vincenzo Galilei and Giulia Ammannati. Vincenzo was born in Florence, Italy in 1520 (Galileo Galilei 1). He was a teacher of music and a talented lute player (Galileo Galilei 1). Vincenzo studied music at the University Of Venice and carried out experiments with strings to support his sound theories (Galileo Galilei 1). Giulia Ammannati was born in Pescia and got married to Vincenzo in 1562 (Galileo Galilei 1).

Galileo was born on February 15, 1564 in Pisa, Italy (Galileo's Battle 1). He is the first of six children, though some people believe there were seven (Galileo Project 1). Galileo was only eight years old when his family moved to Florence, Italy (Galileo Galilei 1). He lived with Muzio Tedaldi, a relative...