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Also Known As Galileo Galilei
Born February 15, 1564 • PisaItaly
Died January 8, 1642 (aged 77) • Italy
Inventions Galilean telescopehydrostatic balancethermometercompass
Notable Works “Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems—Ptolemaic and Copernican”“The Sidereal Messenger”
Notable Family Members father Vincenzo Galilei
Subjects Of Study JupiterMilky Way GalaxyPleiadesSunCopernican systemGalilean satelliteGalilean transformationsgravitymotionplanetSolar Systemsunspotpendulum

Did You Know?

  • Galileo constructed his famous telescope without having seen an example of the Dutch instruments.
  • Galileo designed a new form of hydrostatic balance, an instrument for weighing objects using air and water.

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