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Galileo Galilei - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Galileo Galilei was a Italian physicist, mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher who played a major role in the Scientific Revolution. His achievements include improvements to the telescope and consequent astronomical observations, and support for Copernicanism.
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Galileo Galilei (1564-1642) ... Galileo Galilei was an Italian scientist who formulated the basic law of falling bodies, which he verified by careful measurements. He constructed a telescope with which he studied lunar craters, and discovered four moons revolving around Jupiter and espoused the Copernican cause.
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Biography of Galileo Galilei (BB^Y-1642) ... Galileo Galilei's parents were Vincenzo Galilei and Guilia Ammannati. Vincenzo, who was born in Florence in 1520, was a teacher of music and a fine lute player. After studying music in Venice he carried out experiments on strings to support his musical theories.
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The Galileo Project is a source of information on the life and work of Galileo Galilei (1564-1642). Our aim is to provide hypertextual information about Galileo and the science of his time to viewers of all ages and levels of expertise.
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The early life of Galileo Galilei. ... Galileo Galilei - Rerouted from Religon to Science ... Galileo Galilei - Law of the Pendulum...
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Lucidcafé's Profile of Galileo Galilei ... Galileo Galilei was born on February 15, 1564 in Pisa, Italy. Galileo pioneered "experimental scientific method" and was the first to use a refracting telescope to make important astronomical discoveries. In 1609 Galileo learned of the invention of the telescope in Holland.
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Differences of opinion on economic and social issues flourished. In that relatively open society, ready in many areas to consider new ideas, Galileo Galilei began his education.
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SOURCE: "Galileo in the Present," in Homage to Galileo: Papers Presented at the Galileo Quadricentennial, University of Rochester, October 8 and 9, 1964, edited by Morton F. Kaplon, The M.I.T. Press, 1965, pp. 1-25.
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GALILEI, Galileo (1564-1642). Le operazioni del compasso geometrico, et militare. Padova: in the house of the author by Pietro Marinelli, 1606. ... GALILEI, Galileo. Difesa di Galileo Galilei ... contro alle calunnie & imposture di Baldessar Capra. Venice: Tommaso Baglioni, 1607.
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