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Galileo Galilei

Italian polymath (1564-1642)

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Galileo Galilei was an astronomer, philosopher, mathematician, and physicist born in Pisa in 1564. He was educated at the University of Pisa and employed by the University of Padua and the University of Pisa. His residences included Pisa, Padua, and Florence. He was a member of the Accademia della Crusca, Accademia dei Lincei, and Accademia delle Arti del Disegno. He spoke Latin and Italian.

He died in Arcetri in 1642 and is buried in the Basilica of Santa Croce. His notable works include *Della scienza mecanica, e delle utilita che si traggono da gl'istromenti di quella*, *Le opere di Galileo Galilei. Supplemento*, *Tractatvs de proportionvm instrvmento, quod merito compendium vniuersae geometriae dixeris*, and *Galileo Galilei's Notes on motion*. He suffered from blindness. His children were Vincenzo Gamba and Maria Celeste. His parents were Vincenzo Galilei and Giulia Ammannati.

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Person · Open Library

Born: 1564
Died: 1642
Works: 442

Top works

Della scienza mecanica, e delle utilita che si traggono da gl'istromenti di quella
Le opere di Galileo Galilei. Supplemento
Tractatvs de proportionvm instrvmento, quod merito compendium vniuersae geometriae dixeris
Galileo Galilei's Notes on motion
Galileo, IV centenario

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type: Person
Gender: Male
Origin: Japan
Active from: 1564
Active to: 1642

poprock

Official site Discogs Stream

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners: 125,122
Total plays: 4,891,951

Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

Collective Classification in Network Data
· 2008 · cited 2,021x
Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems
· 1967 · cited 348x
The effect of molybdenum oxide interlayer on organic photovoltaic cells
· 2009 · cited 189x
Observation of moist convection in Jupiter's atmosphere
· 2000 · cited 178x
Neurons and glia arise from a common progenitor in chicken optic tectum: demonstration with two retroviruses and cell type-specific antibodies.
· 1990 · cited 164x

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Quotes

“Quòd tertio loca à nobis fuit obſeruatum, eſt ipſiuſmet LACTEI Circuli eſſentia, ſeu materies, quam Perſpicilli beneficio adeò ad ſenſum licet intueri, vt & altercationes omnes, quæ per tot ſæcula Philoſophos excrucia runt ab oculata certitudine dirimantur, nosque à verboſis dſputationibus liberemur.”
“Surely it is a great thing to increase the numerous host of fixed stars previously visible to the unaided vision, adding countless more which have never before been seen, exposing these plainly to the eye in numbers ten times exceeding the old and familiar stars.”
“Copernicus never discusses matters of religion or faith, nor does he use argument that depend in any way upon the authority of sacred writings which he might have interpreted erroneously. ... He did not ignore the Bible, but he knew very well that if his doctrine were proved, then it could not contradict the Scriptures when they were rightly understood.”
“I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with senses, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use and by some other means to give us knowledge which we can attain by them.”
“I would say here something that was heard from an ecclesiastic of the most eminent degree [probably Caesar Baronius]: "The intention of the Holy Ghost is to teach us how one goes to heaven, not how heaven goes."”
“Philosophy is written in this grand book, which stands continually open before our eyes (I say the 'Universe'), but can not be understood without first learning to comprehend the language and know the characters as it is written. It is written in mathematical language, and its characters are triangles, circles and other geometric figures, without which it is impossible to humanly understand a word; without these one is wandering in a dark labyrinth.”