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  1. Apr 3, 2014 · Galileo was an Italian scientist and scholar whose inventions included the telescope. His discoveries laid the foundation for modern physics and astronomy. Updated: Mar 30, 2021

  2. Jun 28, 2015 · However, Galileo is also known for the numerous scientific inventions he made during his lifetime. These included his famous telescope, but also a series of devices that would have a profound...

  3. 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 ...

  4. Dec 20, 2021 · Italian astronomer Galileo Galilei made a number of inventions and discoveries that remain important to astronomy and science in general today.

  5. 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 ...

  6. The discoveries and inventions of the Italian astronomer. What did Galileo discover? Galileo pioneered the use of the telescope for observing the night sky. His discoveries undermined traditional ideas about a perfect and unchanging cosmos with the Earth at its centre. Who was Galileo Galilei?

  7. Mar 4, 2005 · First published Fri Mar 4, 2005; substantive revision Wed May 10, 2017. Galileo Galilei (1564–1642) has always played a key role in any history of science and, in many histories of philosophy, he is a, if not the, central figure of the scientific revolution of the 17 th Century. His work in physics or natural philosophy, astronomy, and the ...

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