Galileo Galilei
Author, Astronomer, and Scientist
Galileo's Telescope Debuted 400 Years Ago Today...with a stylized GoogleGoogle logo. Google's new logo is already live in the UK and will go live across the US as it becomes August 25th, linking to information on the history of Galileo's Telescope. We also suggest reading the History of... In this article: Galileo Galilei, Google, Twitter, UK, and US |
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Telegraph.co.uk - All news | November 03, 2009
Google unveils latest doodle: 20th anniversary of Wallace and Gromit:
Michael Jackson, Albert Einstein, Leonardo da Vinci, Galileo Galilei, Mahatma Gandhi and Confucius have all been recently honoured by Google's doodle designer Dennis Hwang, while the invention of bar code was also commemorated. Google...
In this article: Google, Wallace and Gromit, Apollo 11, Halloween, Oscar, DVD, Confucius, War of the Worlds, James Watson, and Dennis Hwang
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Guardian | August 24, 2009
Galileo's revolutionary telescope is 400 years old today
...at least as much as Darwin's, and perhaps merits a bit more of fuss, although museum-goers in Philadelphia and Stockholm can view one of Galileo's very early telescopes, on loan this year from Florence. A good deal more people are likely to be...
In this article: Charles Darwin, JavaScript, Catholic church, On the Origin of Species, Nicolaus Copernicus, Google, Venus, Jupiter, and Stockholm
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Google doodles honour Sesame Street as well as Wallace and Gromit
...collection of trick-or-treat candy spelling out Google, just about. Before that, Michael Jackson, Albert Einstein, Leonardo da Vinci, Galileo Galilei, Mahatma Gandhi and Confucius were all honoured, as well as a lengthy, mysterious series of...
In this article: Google, Wallace and Gromit, Sesame Street, DVD, Confucius, The War of the Worlds, S and W, and Leonardo da Vinci
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Techcrunch | January 20, 2008
Will We See Delicious 2.0 This Week?
...to support students and professors and to support the right of speech and the right of thinking not only in italy, where Galileo Galilei was born, but even in all the nations that face the religious attempt of create a teocratic system.
In this article: Yahoo, Agoraphobia, Yahoo Search, MyBlogLog, Google, Michael Arrington, Benedict XVI, Rome, and Germany
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Halloween 2009: new Google Doodle celebrates 'trick or treating'
...by the "Google Doodle". Michael Jackson, Albert Einstein, Leonardo da Vinci, Galileo Galilei, Mahatma Gandhi and Confucius are all famous named to have recently marked by Google's doodle designer Dennis Hwang. The bar code is the latest...
In this article: Google, Pumpkin, Apollo 11, Halloween, DVD, Confucius, War of the Worlds, James Watson, Dennis Hwang, and Leonardo da Vinci
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New Google Doodle to mark 400th anniversary of Galileo's Telescope
...Google results page for searches on the influential physicist and philosopher. Galileo was born on February 15, 1564, near Pisa, and was a son of a musician. He died on January 8, 1642 under house arrest after his work was criticised by...
In this article: Google, Catholic Church, Mathematics, Rice University, Stephen Hawking, Moon, and Jupiter
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Galileo Galilei (15 February 1564 – 8 January 1642) was an Italian physicist, mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher who played a major role in the Scientific Revolution. His achievements include improvements to the telescope and consequent astronomical observations, and support for Copernicanism. Galileo has been called the "father of modern observational astronomy," the "father of modern physics," the "father of science," and "the Father of Modern Science." Stephen Hawking says, "Galileo, perhaps more than any other single person, was responsible for the birth of modern science."
The motion of uniformly accelerated objects, taught in nearly all high school and introductory college physics courses, was studied by Galileo as the subject of kinematics. His contributions to observational astronomy include the telescopic confirmation of the phases of Venus, the discovery of the four largest satellites of Jupiter (named the Galilean moons in his honour), and the observation and analysis of sunspots. Galileo also worked in applied science and technology, improving compass design.
- Birth Date:
- February 15, 1564
- Birthplace:
- Pisa, Duchy of Florence, Italy
- Death Date:
- January 08, 1642
- Place of Death:
- Arcetri, Grand Duchy of Tuscany, Italy
- Religion:
- Roman Catholic
- Residence:
- Grand Duchy of Tuscany, Italy
- University Attended:
- University of Pisa
- Field:
- Astronomy, Physics and Mathematics
- Known for:
- Heliocentrism
- Dynamics
- Telescopic observational astronomy
- Kinematics
- Associated With:
- University of Pisa
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