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1 day ago · Galileo's 1610 The Starry Messenger (Sidereus Nuncius) was the first scientific treatise to be published based on observations made through a telescope. It reported his discoveries of: the Galilean moons; the roughness of the Moon's surface
- Galileo Galilei (Disambiguation)
Galileo Galilei (1564–1642) was a scientist and...
- Vincenzo Gamba
In 1629, he married Sestilia Bocchineri (c. 1610–1669)....
- Polymath
Benjamin Franklin is one of the foremost polymaths in...
- Girolamo Borro
Main page; Contents; Current events; Random article; About...
- Copernican Heliocentrism
Heliocentric model from Nicolaus Copernicus' De...
- Two New Sciences
Introduction. The book is divided into four days, each...
- Galileo Affair
Galileo before the Holy Office, a 19th-century painting by...
- Dialogue Concerning The Two Chief World Systems
Frontispiece and title page of the Dialogue, 1632. The...
- Vincenzo Galilei
Della musica antica et della moderna, 1581. Vincenzo Galilei...
- Galileo Galilei (Disambiguation)
4 days ago · In 1610 Galileo discovered the four biggest moons of Jupiter (now called the Galilean moons) and the rings of Saturn.
- Albert Van Helden
- 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...
- 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 · 1610: Galileo Galilei uses his telescope to discover the moons of Jupiter. 1618: The Thirty Years' War brings massive devastation to central Europe. 1648: The Peace of Westphalia ends the Thirty Years' War, and introduces the principle of the integrity of the nation state.
1 day ago · From 2006 to 2016, the Indigenous population has grown by 42.5 percent, four times the national rate. [34] According to the 2011 Canadian census, Indigenous peoples ( First Nations – 851,560, Inuit – 59,445 and Métis – 451,795) numbered at 1,400,685, or 4.3% of the country's total population.
3 days ago · July 18/19, 1610, Porto Ercole, Tuscany. Notable Works: “Boy with a Basket of Fruit” “Death of the Virgin” “The Beheading of St. John the Baptist” “The Burial of St. Lucy” “The Calling of St. Matthew” “The Conversion of St. Paul” “The Martyrdom of Saint Matthew” “The Musicians” “The Seven Acts of Mercy” “Sick Bacchus” (Show more) Movement / Style:
10 hours ago · An actor best known for roles in “Mean Girls,” “Rebel Moon” and “Babylon” has been arrested and charged for allegedly stabbing his estranged girlfriend multiple times.
2 days ago · What we consider as “Ancient China” is a period that lasts from 2070 BCE and ends in 221 BCE. After this came “Imperial China”, which lasted until 1912 AD. After this is “Modern China”, which is still going on now. There were three main dynasties in Ancient China: the Xia dynasty (2070 to 1600 BCE), the Shang dynasty (1600 to 1046 ...
