Galileo Galilei

  • (noun): Italian astronomer and mathematician who was the first to use a telescope to study the stars; demonstrated that different weights descend at the same rate; perfected the refracting telescope that enabled him to make many discoveries (1564-1642).
    Synonyms: Galileo

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1633 - Events - January–June
... February 13 – Galileo Galilei arrives in Rome for his trial before the Inquisition ... April 12 – Galileo Galilei convicted of heresy by the Roman Catholic church June 22 – The Roman Catholic church forces Galileo Galilei to recant his heliocentric view of the solar system Eppur si muove (Italian) (Wh ...
Timeline Of Gravitational Physics And Relativity
... places the sun at the gravitational center, starting a revolution in science 1583 – Galileo Galilei induces the period relationship of a pendulum from observation (according to. 1589 – Galileo Galilei describes a hydrostatic balance for measuring specific gravity. 1590 – Galileo Galilei formulates modified Aristotelean theory of motion (later retracted) based on density rather than weight of objects ...

Famous quotes by galileo galilei:

    “I would say here something that was heard from an ecclesiastic of the most eminent degree; ‘That the intention of the Holy Ghost is to teach us how one goes to heaven, not how the heaven goes.’”
    —Galileo Galilei (1564–1642)

    “And yet ... it moves.”
    —Galileo Galilei (1564–1642)