Galileo Galilei
[ găl′ə-lā′ō găl′ə-lā′ ]
Italian astronomer, mathematician, and physicist. He was the first to use a telescope to study the stars and planets, and he discovered various astronomical phenomena and physical principles.
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Galileo Galilei was getting to be more than a professor of mathematics—he was becoming a power in the world.
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