Galileo Galilei

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Renaissance scientist astronomer engineer human mathematician natural philosopher physicist

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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Label	Occurrences
Galileo Galilei canonical	102
Galilei	1
Galileo	1
Galileo Galilei (fictionalized connection)	1

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instanceOf	Renaissance scientist ⓘ astronomer ⓘ engineer ⓘ human ⓘ mathematician ⓘ natural philosopher ⓘ physicist ⓘ
advocated	De revolutionibus orbium coelestium ⓘ surface form: Copernican system heliocentric model ⓘ
citizenship	Grand Duchy of Tuscany ⓘ Republic of Florence ⓘ
conflict	Galileo affair ⓘ
countryOfBirth	Duchy of Florence ⓘ
countryOfDeath	Duchy of Florence ⓘ surface form: Grand Duchy of Tuscany
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	Galileo Galilei self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Galilei
fieldOfWork	astronomy ⓘ kinematics ⓘ mathematics ⓘ mechanics ⓘ optics ⓘ physics ⓘ
givenName	Galileo Galilei self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Galileo
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 ⓘ Two New Sciences ⓘ surface form: Discourses and Mathematical Demonstrations Relating to Two New Sciences Sidereus Nuncius ⓘ
opposedBy	Inquisition ⓘ surface form: Roman Inquisition
placeOfBirth	Pisa ⓘ
placeOfDeath	Arcetri ⓘ
positionHeld	chair of mathematics at University of Padua ⓘ professor of mathematics at University of Pisa ⓘ
religion	Roman Catholicism ⓘ surface form: Catholicism
sentence	house arrest ⓘ
sexOrGender	male ⓘ
workLocation	Florence ⓘ Padua ⓘ Pisa ⓘ

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Nicolaus Copernicus → influenced → Galileo Galilei ⓘ

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University of Pisa → hasNotableFaculty → Galileo Galilei ⓘ

University of Padua → hasNotableAlumnus → Galileo Galilei ⓘ

University of Padua → hasNotableProfessor → Galileo Galilei ⓘ

Galilean moons → namedAfter → Galileo Galilei ⓘ

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Science and the Modern World → mentionsPhilosopher → Galileo Galilei ⓘ

House of Medici → patronOf → Galileo Galilei ⓘ

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this entity surface form: Galileo Galilei (fictionalized connection)

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