Galileo Galilei

American  

noun

1. Italian physicist and astronomer, 1564–1642.

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Galileo Galilei Scientific  

/ găl′ə-lā′ōgăl′ə-lā′ /

1. 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

On Earth in 1633, Italian astronomer Galileo Galilei went on trial in Rome for saying that the Earth revolved around the sun.

From Washington Times ● Jul. 12, 2023

This was the same view of the universe held by the Italian astronomer Galileo Galilei: the true nature of the universe could be discovered only through mathematics.

From Textbooks ● Apr. 19, 2023

Galileo Galilei was already convinced of that in the 16th century.

From Scientific American ● Mar. 23, 2023

Galileo Galilei was peering through a new telescope in 1610 when he noticed something strange: several bright objects flickering around the planet Jupiter that seemed to change positions nightly.

From New York Times ● Aug. 17, 2022

Robert Hooke was born on the stroke of noon on 18 July 1635, seven years before Galileo Galilei died.

From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin