Galileo Galilei

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Galileo Galilei was an Italian Renaissance astronomer, physicist, and engineer whose pioneering use of the telescope and support for heliocentrism helped lay the foundations of modern science.

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instanceOf Renaissance scientist ⓘ
astronomer ⓘ
engineer ⓘ
human ⓘ
mathematician ⓘ
natural philosopher ⓘ
physicist ⓘ
advocated Copernican system ⓘ
heliocentric model ⓘ
citizenship Grand Duchy of Tuscany ⓘ
Republic of Florence ⓘ
conflict Galileo affair ⓘ
countryOfBirth Duchy of Florence ⓘ
countryOfDeath Grand Duchy of Tuscany ⓘ
linked to: Duchy of Florence
dateOfBirth 1564-02-15 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1642-01-08 ⓘ
discovered Galilean moons ⓘ
four largest moons of Jupiter ⓘ
mountains and craters on the Moon ⓘ
phases of Venus ⓘ
sunspot rotation of the Sun ⓘ
educatedAt University of Pisa ⓘ
employer Medici court in Florence ⓘ
University of Padua ⓘ
University of Pisa ⓘ
familyName Galilei ⓘ
linked to: Galileo Galilei
fieldOfWork astronomy ⓘ
kinematics ⓘ
mathematics ⓘ
mechanics ⓘ
optics ⓘ
physics ⓘ
givenName Galileo ⓘ
linked to: Galileo Galilei
influenced Isaac Newton ⓘ
Johannes Kepler ⓘ
modern physics ⓘ
influencedBy Archimedes ⓘ
Aristotle ⓘ
Nicolaus Copernicus ⓘ
knownFor Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems ⓘ
Sidereus Nuncius ⓘ
Two New Sciences ⓘ
astronomical observations ⓘ
improvements to the telescope ⓘ
kinematics of motion ⓘ
laws of falling bodies ⓘ
observations of Jupiter's moons ⓘ
observations of Venus's phases ⓘ
observations of sunspots ⓘ
observations of the Moon's surface ⓘ
studies of projectile motion ⓘ
support for heliocentrism ⓘ
legalStatus tried for heresy ⓘ
methodology quantitative measurement in physics ⓘ
systematic experimentation ⓘ
movement Renaissance ⓘ
Scientific Revolution ⓘ
nativeLanguage Italian ⓘ
nickname father of modern physics ⓘ
father of modern science ⓘ
father of observational astronomy ⓘ
notableWork Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems ⓘ
Discourses and Mathematical Demonstrations Relating to Two New Sciences ⓘ
linked to: Two New Sciences

Sidereus Nuncius ⓘ
opposedBy Roman Inquisition ⓘ
linked to: Inquisition
placeOfBirth Pisa ⓘ
placeOfDeath Arcetri ⓘ
positionHeld chair of mathematics at University of Padua ⓘ
professor of mathematics at University of Pisa ⓘ
religion Catholicism ⓘ
linked to: Roman Catholicism
sentence house arrest ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
workLocation Florence ⓘ
Padua ⓘ
Pisa ⓘ

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