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1. www.britannica.com › biography › Galileo-GalileiGalileo | Biography, Discoveries, Inventions, & Facts ...

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   Apr 29, 2024 · 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 ...

2. www.biography.com › scientists › galileoGalileo - Telescope, Quotes & Discoveries - Biography

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   Apr 3, 2014 · Galileo was an Italian astronomer, mathematician, physicist, philosopher and professor who made pioneering observations of nature with long-lasting implications for the study of physics. He also...

3. www.history.com › topics › inventionsGalileo Galilei - HISTORY

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   Jul 23, 2010 · Galileo Galilei (1564-1642) is considered the father of modern science and made major contributions to the fields of physics, astronomy, cosmology, mathematics and philosophy.

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   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. www.worldhistory.org › Galileo_GalileiGalileo Galilei - World History Encyclopedia

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   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 ...

6. plato.stanford.edu › entries › galileoGalileo Galilei - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy

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   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 ...

7. www.space.com › 15589-galileo-galileiGalileo Galilei: Biography, Inventions & Other Facts | Space

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   Dec 20, 2021 · By Nola Taylor Tillman. last updated 20 December 2021. Galileo revolutionized our understanding of the universe. Galileo was an Italian philosopher, mathematician, physicist and...