Tuesday, October 28, 2008

Galileo Galilei


born 1564 - died 1642

Galileo Galilei was an Italian scientist who formulated the basic law of falling bodies, which he verified by careful measurements. He constructed a telescope with which he studied lunar craters, and discovered four moons revolving around Jupiter and espoused the Copernican cause.
http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Mathematicians/Galileo.html

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