Gailileo
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Born: Feb 15 1564 in Pisa (now Italy)
Gaileo Galilei's father, Vincenzo Galilei (1520-1591), who described himself as a
nobleman of Florence, was a professional musician. He carried out experiments on strings
to support his musical theories. Galileo studied medicine at the university of Pisa, bu ....
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.... he gave in connection with the
appearance of a New Star (now known as "Kepler's supernova") in 1604. In a personal
letter written to Kepler (1571 - 1630) in 1598, Galileo had stated that he was a
Copernican (believer in the Theories of Copernicus). No public sign of this belief was to
appear until many years later.
In the summer of 1609, Galileo heard about a spyglass that a Dutchman had shown
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in Venice. From these reports, and using his own technical s ....
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