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Galileo Galilei

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Noun

1. galileo, galileo galilei

Italian astronomer and mathematician who was the first to use a telescope to study the stars; demonstrated that different weights descend at the same rate; perfected the refracting telescope that enabled him to make many discoveries (1564-1642)

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Galileo Galilei

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Italian mathematician and astronomer. Galileo constructed a telescope (1609) with which he discovered the moons of Jupiter and made other astronomical observations. He strongly advocated Copernicus's theory that the earth moves around the sun, which led to his interrogation by the Inquisition (1633) and a life sentence of house arrest.

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