- Born
- February 15, 1564
- Died
- January 8, 1642 (aged 77)
- Known as
- astronomer, philosopher, mathematician, physicist, inventor, astrologer
Galileo di Vincenzo Bonaiuti de' Galilei, commonly referred to as Galileo Galilei or mononymously as Galileo, was an Italian astronomer, physicist, engineer and polymath. He was born in Pisa, then part of the Duchy of Florence. Galileo has been called the father of observational astronomy, classical physics, the scientific method, and modern science.
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Galileo Galilei in our timeline
- Galileo Galilei Born (February 15, 1564)
- Galileo Presents the Telescope (August 25, 1609)
- Three Stars Beside Jupiter (January 7, 1610)
- Galileo's Moon Discoveries Recorded (January 8, 1610)
- Galileo Spots a Fourth Moon (January 13, 1610)
- Galileo Sees Neptune (December 28, 1612)
- Galileo's Dangerous Dialogue (February 22, 1632)
- Galileo Forced to Recant (June 22, 1633)
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