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4 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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- Galileo was a natural philosopher, astronomer, and mathematician who made fundamental contributions to the sciences of motion, astronomy, and stren...
- Galileo invented an early type of thermometer. Although he did not invent the telescope, he made significant improvements to it that enabled astron...
- In 1610 Galileo discovered the four biggest moons of Jupiter (now called the Galilean moons) and the rings of Saturn.
- For his heresy in claiming that Earth orbits the Sun, Galileo was sentenced to life imprisonment by the Roman Catholic Church in 1633. He was not t...
- Galileo influenced scientists for decades to come, not least in his willingness to stand up to the church to defend his findings. His improvements...
1 day ago · Early life and family. Galileo was born in Pisa (then part of the Duchy of Florence ), Italy, on 15 February 1564, [15] the first of six children of Vincenzo Galilei, a lutenist, composer, and music theorist, and Giulia Ammannati, who had married in 1562. Galileo became an accomplished lutenist himself and would have learned early from his ...
4 days ago · Application procedure. The application period is from 27/05/2024 to 31/05/2024. The applications are open for students interested to the Foundation Course Science or the Foundation Course Humanities. There are 20 spots for Humanities and 4 spots for Science.
2 days ago · The University of Pisa is pleased to announce the launch of a new series of online Summer Schools in Egyptology. The Summer Schools will be structured as 7-days intensive academic programmes, with international experts introducing the students to specific topics of Egyptological research. The first two Summer Schools will take place in the month of […]
4 days ago · News. May 27, 2024 - Registration site closed. April 16, 2024 - Registration site opened. March 6, 2024 - Call for Nomination: "HPDC 2024 Achievement Award" has been published. December 21, 2023 - The submission site for the main conference track is now open! December 9, 2023 - Call for PhD Symposium Papers has been published.
4 days ago · Applications open from 27/05/2024 to 31/05/2024. Go to the dedicated website. Select “Browse the programmes and apply”. Select the program you want to apply for. Select “apply now”. Fill the application form and upload all the documents required.
2 days ago · University of Pisa. Study Program | Tuition Fees | Scholarships. Degrees Offered: Bachelor’s, Master’s. The University of Pisa is one of the best universities for computer science in Italy, dating back to 1343. One of the notable alumni of this university is mathematician and astronomer, Galileo Galilei.
