Galileo Galilei

Galileo Galilei (Pisa, 15 Februar 1564 – Arcetri, 8 Januar 1642) wis a Tuscan astronomer, philosopher, an physicist that is closely associate wi the scienteefic revolution. He haed a haund in the betterment o the prospect, sindry 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 physics," an the "faither of science". His experimental wark is aften conseedered complementary tae the scrievins o Francis Bacon in stablishin the modren scienteefic method. Galileo's life coincided wi that o Johannes Kepler. The wark o Galileo is conseidert tae be a signeificant brak fae that o Aristotle. Forby, his conflict wi the Roman Catholic Kirk is taen as a great aerly exemplar o the conflict o authority an freedom o thocht, in parteecular wi science, in Wastren society.

Galileo Galilei
Portrait bi Giusto Sustermans
Born	15 Februar 1564(1564-02-15) Pisa, Duchy o Florence, Italy
Dee'd	8 Januar 1642(1642-01-08) (aged 77) Arcetri, Grand Duchy o Tuscany, Italy
Residence	Grand Duchy o Tuscany, Italy
Naitionality	Italian
Alma mater	Varsity o Pisa (na degree)
Kent for	Kinematics Dynamics Telescopic observational astronomy Heliocentrism
Scientific career
Fields	Astronomy, pheesics, ingineerin, naitural filosofie, mathematics
Institutions	Varsity o Pisa Varsity o Padua
Patrons	Cardinal del Monte Fra Paolo Sarpi Prince Federico Cesi Cosimo II de Medici Ferdinando II de Medici Maffeo Barberini
Academic advisors	Ostilio Ricci
Notable students	Benedetto Castelli Mario Guiducci Vincenzo Viviani
Signatur
Notes His faither wis the muisicker Vincenzo Galilei. Galileo Galilei's mistress Marina Gamba (1570 – 21 August 1612?) gied him twa dauchters, (Maria Celeste (Virginia, 1600–1634) an Livia (1601–1659), that baith o thaim becam nuns), an a son, Vincenzo (1606–1649), a lutenist.

See an aw

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

Fremmit airtins

• The Galileo Affair Archived 2009-05-09 at the Wayback Machine bi Paul Newall.
• The Warfare atween Science An Theology
• The Galileo Projec at Rice Varsity
• Aboot Galileo Galilei Archived 2005-11-20 at the Wayback Machine at danask.com
• Electronic copy o Galilei's notes anent motion (MS. 72)
• Frae Myth tae History an Back - Reviews o twa beuks anent Galileo
• PBS Nova Online: Galileo's Fecht for the Hievens
• Stanford Encyclopaedia o Philosophy entry
• The Galilean Library, an educational steid dedicate tae Galileo