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
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astronomer → engineer → human → mathematician → natural philosopher → physicist → |
| advocated |
Copernican system
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heliocentric model → |
| citizenship |
Grand Duchy of Tuscany
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Republic of Florence → |
| conflict |
Galileo affair
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| countryOfBirth |
Duchy of Florence
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| countryOfDeath |
Grand Duchy of Tuscany
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| dateOfBirth |
1564-02-15
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| dateOfDeath |
1642-01-08
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| discovered |
Galilean moons
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four largest moons of Jupiter → mountains and craters on the Moon → phases of Venus → sunspot rotation of the Sun → |
| educatedAt |
University of Pisa
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| employer |
Medici court in Florence
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University of Padua → University of Pisa → |
| familyName |
Galilei
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| fieldOfWork |
astronomy
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kinematics → mathematics → mechanics → optics → physics → |
| givenName |
Galileo
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| influenced |
Isaac Newton
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Johannes Kepler → modern physics → |
| influencedBy |
Archimedes
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Aristotle → Nicolaus Copernicus → |
| knownFor |
Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems
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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
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| methodology |
quantitative measurement in physics
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systematic experimentation → |
| movement |
Renaissance
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Scientific Revolution → |
| nativeLanguage |
Italian
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| nickname |
father of modern physics
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father of modern science → father of observational astronomy → |
| notableWork |
Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems
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Discourses and Mathematical Demonstrations Relating to Two New Sciences → Sidereus Nuncius → |
| opposedBy |
Roman Inquisition
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| placeOfBirth |
Pisa
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| placeOfDeath |
Arcetri
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| positionHeld |
chair of mathematics at University of Padua
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professor of mathematics at University of Pisa → |
| religion |
Catholicism
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| sentence |
house arrest
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| sexOrGender |
male
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| workLocation |
Florence
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Padua → Pisa → |