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Galileo Galilei
Galileo di Vincenzo Bonaiuti de' Galilei, commonly referred to as Galileo Galilei or mononymously as Galileo, was an Italian astronomer, physicist, engineer and polymath. He was born in Pisa, then part of the Duchy of Florence. Galileo has been called the father of observational astronomy, classical physics, the scientific method, and modern science.
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Born 15 February 1564 · Died 8 January 1642 · Q307
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2026· 10 entries
The Economic Times: Quote of the day by Galileo Galilei: “In the future, there will be opened a gateway...” - The fascinating prediction from a scientist who changed how we see the universe
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Opinando San Nicolás: Robo en Galileo Galilei: forzaron una reja y se llevaron varios objetos
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Canal26: Más de 100 violinistas buscan romper un récord con un clásico de Coldplay: aficionados y profesionales tocarán gratis en el Planetario Galileo Galilei
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Infobae: Cuando un eclipse solar y la Biblia sirvieron para defender que la Tierra era el centro del universo en el juicio contra Galileo Galilei: “El sol se detuvo”
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SCC Online: CAM advises Ice Make Refrigeration Ltd. and its promoters on investment by Galilei Holdings Co. Ltd. and other investors through a preferential issue of equity shares
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naiz:: Y la Luna dio la razón a Galileo Galilei
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planetario.buenosaires.gob.ar: Planetario Galileo Galilei
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jagranjosh.com: Quote of the Day by Galileo Galilei: “You cannot teach a man anything…
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Indiatimes: Quote of the day by Galileo Galilei: “We cannot teach people anything; we can only help them discover it within themselves.”
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2024· 1 entry
Fox News: Who is Galileo Galilei? Italian philosopher who shaped our understanding of the stars
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2023· 2 entries
Lead Stories rated the claim “Galileo Galilei claim to have found a way to breathe underwater” Wrong Genius.
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Discover Magazine: Galileo Galilei's Legacy Went Beyond Science
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2022· 3 entries
Il Gazzettino: Il genio di Galileo Galilei e la sua impronta a Venezia al servizio della Serenissima
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Phys.org: Research attributes pseudonymous astronomical treatise to Galileo Galilei
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2021· 1 entry
“Citation choisie pour le 21 juillet 2021.”
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2015· 1 entry
Max Planck Society: Galileo Galilei
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2009· 1 entry
Partly because the year was the fourth centenary of Galileo's first recorded astronomical observations with the telescope, the United Nations scheduled it to be the International Year of Astronomy
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2006· 2 entries
“Einstein's Enigma or Black Holes in My Bubble Bath - Página 337, C.V. Vishveshwara · Copernicus Books, 2006, ISBN: 9783540332008, 3540332006”
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“Original text as reproduced in Edward Tufte, Beautiful Evidence (Cheshire, Connecticut: Graphics Press LLC, 2006), 101 (p. 3 of 4, insert between pp. 16V & 17R. Original manuscript renders the "q" in "nosque" with acute accent.)”
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1999· 1 entry
Was named the sixth greatest physicist of all time
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1992· 1 entry
“Opis: 31 października 1992, rehabilitując Galileusza na sesji plenarnej Papieskiej Akademii Nauk.”
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1991· 1 entry
Awarded International Space Hall of Fame (1991).
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1990· 1 entry
“Opis: słowa te przytoczył w 1990 Benedykt XVI, aczkolwiek poza kontekstem, co było krytykowane m.in. przez naukowców z La Sapienza.”
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1989· 1 entry
“Translation by Albert Van Helden in Sidereus Nuncius (Chicago, 1989), 62”
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1988· 2 entries
“Essay published in 1615, in response to enquiries of Christina of Tuscany, as quoted in Aspects of Western Civilization: Problems and Sources in History (1988) by Perry McAdow Rogers, p. 53”
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“Carta à Grã-Duquesa Cristina (1615); ensaio publicado em 1615, em resposta a indagações de Cristina de Lorena, como citado in Aspects of Western Civilization : Problems and Sources in History (1988) por Perry McAdow Rogers, p. 53”
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1979· 3 entries
“Io senza esperienza son sicuro che l'effetto seguirà come vi dico, perché cosí è necessario che segua; e piú v'aggiungo che voi stesso ancora sapete che non può seguire altrimenti, se ben fingete, o simulate di fingere, di non lo sapere. Ma io son tanto buon cozzon di cervelli che ve lo farà confessare a viva forza. (da Dialogo, giornata seconda, pp. 170 sg.; citato in Koyré 1979, p. 229)”
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“Che i Pittagorici avessero in somma stima la scienza de i numeri, e che Platone stesso ammirasse l'intelletto umano e lo stimasse partecipe di divinità solo per l'intender egli la natura de' numeri, io benissimo lo so, né sarei lontano dal farne l'istesso giudizio. (giornata prima, p. 35; citato in Koyré 1979, p. 292)”
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“Nelle prove naturali non si deve ricercare l'esattezza geometrica. (giornata prima, p. 38; citato in Koyré 1979, p. 287)”
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1978· 1 entry
“Letter to Francesco Ingoli (1578-1649), as translated in Galileo at Work: His Scientific Biography (1978) by Stillman Drake, p. 294”
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1968· 2 entries
“L'Approdo letterario, 41, janvier-mars 1968, repris dans Una pietra sopra, 1980, p. 186. Trad. fr dans La machine littérature : essais, Seuil, 1984 (ISBN 2-02-006682-3) [lire en ligne], p. 33 .”
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“L'Approdo letterario, 41, janvier-mars 1968, repris dans Una pietra sopra, 1980, p. 186-187. Trad. fr dans La machine littérature, 1984, p. 33-34.”
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1967· 2 entries
“Lettre à Anna Maria Ortese (it), décembre 1967. Partiellement publiée dans le Corriere della Sera, 24 décembre 1967, et dans (it) Italo Calvino, Una pietra sopra, Einaudi, 1980 (lire en ligne), « Il rapporto con la luna », p. 183.”
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Published “Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems” — cited 348 times.
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1966· 1 entry
“As translated in The Philosophy of the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries (1966) by Richard Henry Popkin, p. 65”
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1959· 1 entry
“Galileu Galilei, como citado no filme "Donald in Mathmagic Land" - Donald no País da Matemágica (1959)”
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1957· 2 entries
“It seems to me that it was well said by Madama Serenissima, and insisted on by your reverence, that the Holy Scripture cannot err, and that the decrees therein contained are absolutely true and inviolable. But I should have in your place added that, though Scripture cannot err, its expounders and interpreters are liable to err in many ways; and one error in particular would be most grave and most frequent, if we always stopped short at the literal signification of the words.”
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“Translation by Stillman Drake in Discoveries and Opinions of Galileo (1957)”
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1953· 1 entry
“A dialogue between fictional characters Sagredo (named after Galileo's friend Giovanni Francesco Sagredo), Salviati (named after Galileo's friend Filippo Salviati) and Simplicio (named after long dead philosopher Simplicius of Cilicia), from the translations by Stilman Drake (1953), unless otherwise noted.”
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1939· 1 entry
Pope Pius XII, in his first speech to the Pontifical Academy of Sciences, within a few months of his election to the papacy, described Galileo as being among the "most audacious heroes of research
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1933· 1 entry
“Sur la méthodologie de la physique théorique », Herbert Spencer Lecture, Oxford, 10 juin 1933.”
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1925· 1 entry
“As translated in The Metaphysical Foundations of Modern Physical Science (1925) by Edwin Arthur Burtt, p. 64”
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1911· 1 entry
Depicts an imprisoned Galileo apparently gazing at the words "E pur si muove" written on the wall of his dungeon
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1860· 1 entry
“Da es ganz klar ist, daß zwei Wahrheiten sich niemals widersprechen können, so ist es die Aufgabe der weisen Ausleger, sich zu bemühen, den wahren Sinn der Bibelstellen, der mit den Naturgesetzen übereinstimmt, zu finden." - Brief an Benedetto Castelli, 21. Dezember 1613. In: Galileo Galilei - Ein geschichtlicher Roman von Mathilde Raven. F.A. Brockhaus Leipzig 1860. S. 195 books.google”
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1859· 1 entry
“Conforme citado em Biographies of Distinguished Scientific Men (1859) por François Arago, conforme traduzido por Baden Powell, Robert Grant e William Fairbairn, p. 365”
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1856· 1 entry
“Le opere di Galileo Galilei - Volume 12 - Página 300, Galileo Galilei - Società Editrice Fiorentina, 1856”
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1835· 1 entry
When these works were finally dropped from the Index
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1642· 16 entries
Died 1642-01-08.
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“Wine is a mixture of moisture and light.”
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“[A Padova] Consumai li diciotto anni migliori di tutta la mia età.”
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“En lo tocante a la ciencia, la autoridad de un millar no es superior al humilde razonamiento de una sola persona.”
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“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.”
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“Come sarà possibile attutare i balordi, se mentre voi impugnate una loro sciocchezza, vi si fanno incontro con un'altra maggiore?”
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“El gran libro de la naturaleza está escrito con símbolos matemáticos.”
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“Mathematics is the alphabet with which God has written the universe.”
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“A Matemática é o alfabeto que Deus usou para escrever o Universo.”
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“[...] altro non è l'esser ignorante, che il non si quietar nel vero.”
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“italienischer Naturforscher und Astronom”
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“I have never met a man so ignorant that I could not learn something from him.”
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“All truths are easy to understand once they are discovered; the point is to discover them.”
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“Variant translation: In questions of science the authority of a thousand is not worth the humble reasoning of a single individual.”
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“O vinho é composto de humor líquido e luz.”
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“Names and attributes must be accommodated to the essence of things, and not the essence to the names, since things come first and names afterwards.”
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1610· 2 entries
Published “Sidereus nuncius” — cited 151 times.
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Published “Sidereus nuncius” — cited 154 times.
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1606· 1 entry
“intimate friend and disciple, the Father Vincenzo Renieri”
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1585· 1 entry
Studied at University of Pisa (1581–1585).
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1564· 1 entry
Born 1564-02-15.
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