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Galileo Galilei
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Galileo Galilei (1564–1642), Italian astronomer and physicist, born in Pisa. In 1604 he demonstrated that unequal weights drop with equal velocity, an observation apocryphally said to be based on the dropping of weights from the leaning Tower of Pisa. In 1609 he assembled a telescope on the basis of reports of such an instrument in Holland, and so discovered the moons of Jupiter, the phases of Venus, the configuration of the Moon, and the stars invisible to the naked eye, all of which were described in
Sidereus Nuncius (‘Starry Messenger’, 1610). His two principal works were
Dialogo sopra i due massimi sistemi del mondo (1632), in which Copernicanism is shown to be superior to the Ptolemaic cosmology, and
Due nuove scienze, an exposition of the mathematics of moving bodies. Galileo's publications led him into conflict with the Inquisition; in 1616 he was forbidden to teach Copernican cosmology and in 1634 was compelled to repudiate it and sentenced to life imprisonment, commuted to house arrest. Milton records his meeting with Galileo in
Areopagitica and recalls the ‘optic glass’ of ‘the Tuscan artist’ in
Paradise Lost I.
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PR Newswire; 12/6/2004; 700+ words
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Business Wire; 6/27/1995; 700+ words
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Galileo
Encyclopedia entry from: U*X*L Encyclopedia of World Biography
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Galileo Galilei
Book article from: Mathematics
Galileo Galilei Italian Astronomer, Physicist, and Mathematician 1564 – 1642 Galileo Galilei is a pivotal figure in intellectual...changes in the way reality is perceived. Galileo was born in Pisa, Italy, in 1564. In...
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Galilei, Galileo (1564-1642)
Book article from: World of Earth Science
Galilei, Galileo (1564-1642) Italian mathematician and astronomer Galileo Galilei is credited with establishing the modern experimental method. Before Galileo, knowledge of the physical world that was advanced by scientists and thinkers was...
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Galileo Project
Encyclopedia entry from: The Gale Encyclopedia of Science
Galileo Project The Galileo spacecraft was a robotic probe sent to Jupiter, the largest planet...crashed into Jupiter ’ s atmosphere on September 21, 2003. Galileo greatly enlarged our knowledge of Jupiter and its complex moons...
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Galilei, Galileo (1564–1642)
Book article from: The Renaissance
Galilei, Galileo (1564 – 1642) Italian physicist...that is still in use. Born in Pisa, Galileo was the son of Vincenzo Galilei, a musician...musical intervals and tonality inspired Galileo's interest in mathematics. Although...
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