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  2. 2 days ago · Galileo (born February 15, 1564, Pisa [Italy]—died January 8, 1642, Arcetri, near Florence) was an Italian natural philosopher, astronomer, and mathematician who made fundamental contributions to the sciences of motion, astronomy, and strength of materials and to the development of the scientific method. His formulation of (circular) inertia ...

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  3. Jul 23, 2010 · Learn about Galileo Galilei, the father of modern science, who made major contributions to physics, astronomy, cosmology, mathematics and philosophy. Discover his inventions, discoveries, conflicts with the Catholic Church and legacy.

  4. Galileo di Vincenzo Bonaiuti de' Galilei (15 February 1564 – 8 January 1642), commonly referred to as Galileo Galilei (/ ˌ ɡ æ l ɪ ˈ l eɪ oʊ ˌ ɡ æ l ɪ ˈ l eɪ / GAL-il-AY-oh GAL-il-AY, US also / ˌ ɡ æ l ɪ ˈ l iː oʊ-/ GAL-il-EE-oh -⁠, Italian: [ɡaliˈlɛːo ɡaliˈlɛːi]) or simply Galileo, was an Italian astronomer ...

  5. Apr 3, 2014 · Learn about Galileo Galilei, an Italian scientist and scholar who made pioneering observations of nature with his telescope and supported the Copernican theory. Find out his achievements, inventions, books, and controversies with the church.

  6. Summary of major achievements by Italian natural philosopher, mathematician, and astronomer Galileo who has been called the ‘father of modern science.’. He was one of the first people to examine the heavens with a telescope. He made breakthrough discoveries in the study of motion.

  7. Sep 5, 2023 · Galileo Galilei (1564-1642) was an Italian mathematician, physicist, astronomer, and natural philosopher. He created a superior telescope with which he made new observations of the night sky, notably that the surface of the Moon has mountains, that Jupiter has four satellite moons, and that the sunspots of the Sun, under careful observation ...

  8. Mar 4, 2005 · Galileo Galilei (1564–1642) has always played a key role in any history of science, as well as many histories of philosophy. He is a—if not the—central figure of the Scientific Revolution of the seventeenth century. His work in physics (or “natural philosophy”), astronomy, and the methodology of science still evoke debate after more ...

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