Galileo Galilei

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Galileo Galilei (Pisa, 15 Februar, 1564 – Arcetri, 8 Januar, 1642), wis a Tuscan astronomer, philosopher, an pheesicist that is closely associate wi the scienteefic revolution. He haed a haund in the betterment o the prospect, a variety o astronomical observations, the first law o motion, an in supportin Copernicanism effectively. He haes been cried the "faither o modren astronomie," the "faither o modren pheesics," and the "faither of science". His experimental wark is aften conseidered complementary ti the screivins o Francis Bacon in stablishin the modren scienteefic method. Galileo's life coincided wi that o Johannes Kepler. The wark o Galileo is conseidered ti be a signeificant brak frae that o Aristotle. Forbye, his conflick wi the Roman Catholic Kirk is taen as a great aerlie exemplar o the conflick o authority an freedom o thocht, in parteecular wi science, in Wastren society.

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• Galilean transform
• Galilean invariance
• Lorentz transform equations
• Medici
• Renaissance
• Vincenzo Galilei
• World Almanac's Ten Maist Influential Fowk o the Seicont Millennium

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• The Galileo Affair by Paul Newall.
• The Warfare of Science With Theology
• The Galileo Project at Rice University
• about Galileo Galilei at danask.com
• Electronic representation of Galilei's notes on motion (MS. 72)
• From Myth to History and Back - Reviews of two books on Galileo
• PBS Nova Online: Galileo's Battle for the Heavens
• Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy entry
• The Galilean Library, an educational site dedicated to Galileo