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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 ...
- Galileo Galilei (Disambiguation)
Galileo Galilei (1564–1642) was a scientist and...
- Vincenzo Gamba
Main page; Contents; Current events; Random article; About...
- Polymath
Benjamin Franklin is one of the foremost polymaths in...
- Girolamo Borro
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- 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)
1 day ago · Wikipedia, la enciclopedia libre y colaborativa más conocida a nivel mundial, cumple hoy lunes 20 de mayo «23 años en su idioma español»; y su comunidad wikipedista lo celebró a través de un encuentro online que reunió a diferentes países de habla hispana, como México, Chile, Perú, Colombia, Ecuador, Argentina, Uruguay y España.
1 day ago · Nikola Tesla ( / ˈtɛslə /; [2] Serbian Cyrillic: Никола Тесла, [nǐkola têsla]; 10 July [ O.S. 28 June] 1856 – 7 January 1943) was a Serbian-American [3] [4] inventor, electrical engineer, mechanical engineer, and futurist. He is known for his contributions to the design of the modern alternating current (AC) electricity supply ...
- Electrical engineering, Mechanical engineering
- Graz University of Technology (dropped out)
1 day ago · Maria Salomea Skłodowska-Curie [a] ( Polish: [ˈmarja salɔˈmɛa skwɔˈdɔfska kʲiˈri] ⓘ; née Skłodowska; 7 November 1867 – 4 July 1934), known simply as Marie Curie ( / ˈkjʊəri / KURE-ee, [1] French: [maʁi kyʁi] ), was a Polish and naturalised -French physicist and chemist who conducted pioneering research on radioactivity.
- University of Paris, ESPCI
1 day ago · Alan Mathison Turing OBE FRS ( / ˈtjʊərɪŋ /; 23 June 1912 – 7 June 1954) was an English mathematician, computer scientist, logician, cryptanalyst, philosopher and theoretical biologist. [5] Turing was highly influential in the development of theoretical computer science, providing a formalisation of the concepts of algorithm and ...
- Alan Mathison Turing, 23 June 1912, Maida Vale, London, England
- 7 June 1954 (aged 41), Wilmslow, Cheshire, England
1 day ago · John Winston Ono Lennon [nb 1] (born John Winston Lennon; 9 October 1940 – 8 December 1980) was an English singer, songwriter and musician. He gained worldwide fame as the founder, co-lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist of the Beatles. His work included music, writing, drawings and film. His songwriting partnership with Paul McCartney remains ...
3 days ago · Cristiano Ronaldo. Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro GOIH ComM ( Portuguese pronunciation: [kɾiʃˈtjɐnu ʁɔˈnaldu] (born 5 February 1985), better known as Ronaldo, is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a forward.