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Galileo Galilei

Born

in Italy

January 16, 1564

Died

January 08, 1642

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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 Chief World Systems: Ptolemaic and Copernican by Galileo Galilei, Stephen Jay Gould (Editor), Stillman Drake (Translator) 4.09 avg rating — 1,230 ratings — published 1632 — 129 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sidereus Nuncius, or The Sidereal Messenger 3.93 avg rating — 634 ratings — published 1610 — 67 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Two New Sciences: Including Centres of Gravity and Force of Percussion 4.07 avg rating — 352 ratings — published 1638 — 175 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Essential Galileo by Galileo Galilei, Maurice A. Finocchiaro (Editor) 3.80 avg rating — 113 ratings — published 2008 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Il Saggiatore by Galileo Galilei, Libero Sosio (Translator) 3.77 avg rating — 61 ratings — published 1623 — 29 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Letter to the Grand Duchess Christina by Galileo Galilei, Charles River Editors 3.68 avg rating — 62 ratings — published 1615 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dante'nin Cehennemi Üzerine Dersler by Galileo Galilei, Murat Sirkecioglu (translator) 3.34 avg rating — 41 ratings — published 1587 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Selected Writings by Galileo Galilei, Mark Davie (Translator), William R. Shea (Introduction) 3.78 avg rating — 36 ratings — published 2012 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Discourse on Floating Bodies by Galileo Galilei, Thomas Salusbury (Translator) 3.86 avg rating — 22 ratings — published 1612 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Carta a Cristina de Lorena y otros textos sobre ciencia y religión by Galileo Galilei, Moisés González García (Editor) 3.84 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 1615 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“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

tags: bible, christianity, evolution, god, reason, science

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“You cannot teach a man anything, you can only help him find it within himself.”
― Galileo

tags: teaching, wisdom

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