Galileo Galilei



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Galileo Galilei

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born
in Italy
February 05, 1564

died
January 08, 1642

gender
male

genre
Science


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Galileo Galilei was a Tuscan (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. Galileo has been called the "father of modern observational astronomy", the "father of modern physics", the "father of science", and "the Father of Modern Science." The motion of uniformly accelerated objects, taught in nearly all high school and introductory college physics courses, was studied by Galileo as the subject of kinematics. His contributions to observational astronomy include the telescopic confirmation of the phases of Venus, the discovery of the four larges...more


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Dialogue Concerning the Two...
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4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 256 ratings — published 1632 — 11 editions
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Discoveries and Opinions of...
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3.47 of 5 stars 3.47 avg rating — 114 ratings — published 1957 — 2 editions
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Two New Sciences: Including...
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4.11 of 5 stars 4.11 avg rating — 98 ratings — published 1954 — 7 editions
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Sidereus Nuncius, or The Si...
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3.87 of 5 stars 3.87 avg rating — 90 ratings — published 1610 — 10 editions
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Dialogues Concerning Two Ne...
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3.79 of 5 stars 3.79 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 1991 — 14 editions
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The Essential Galileo
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3.68 of 5 stars 3.68 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 2008 — 3 editions
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O Mensageiro das Estrelas
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On Sunspots
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Quotes by Galileo Galilei

“I have never met a man so ignorant that I couldn't learn something from him.”
― Galileo Galilei
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“I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use.”
― Galileo Galilei, Letter to the Grand Duchess Christina
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“You cannot teach a man anything, you can only help him find it within himself.”
― Galileo Galilei
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