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'''Galileo Galilei''' (1564 – 1642) was an [[Italy|Italian]] [[Science|scientist]] who was a major figure in the [[Scientific Revolution]]. | '''Galileo Galilei''' (1564 – 1642) was an [[Italy|Italian]] [[Science|scientist]] who was a major figure in the [[Scientific Revolution]]. He was a pioneer in the modern combination of mathematical theory with systematic experiment in science. | ||
His work in [[physics]] included experimentation to establish the behavior of falling bodies, as well as the first modern theoretical work on [[inertia]] (for which he was given credit by [[Isaac Newton|Newton]]) and [[relativity]] of motion (for which he was credited by [[Albert Einstein|Einstein]]). | |||
He was one of the first [[astronomy|astronomers]] to use a [[telescope]], and the discoverer or co-discoverer of several phenomena that contradicted the accepted ideas of the heavens. His support of the [[Nicolas Copernicus|Copernican]] idea that the [[Earth]] rotates around the [[Sun]] led to a trial before the [[Inquisiton]] on a suspicion of [[heresy]]. | |||
==Experimental science== | ==Experimental science== | ||
== Astronomy == | == Astronomy == | ||
Revision as of 12:56, 5 April 2007
Galileo Galilei (1564 – 1642) was an Italian scientist who was a major figure in the Scientific Revolution. He was a pioneer in the modern combination of mathematical theory with systematic experiment in science.
His work in physics included experimentation to establish the behavior of falling bodies, as well as the first modern theoretical work on inertia (for which he was given credit by Newton) and relativity of motion (for which he was credited by Einstein).
He was one of the first astronomers to use a telescope, and the discoverer or co-discoverer of several phenomena that contradicted the accepted ideas of the heavens. His support of the Copernican idea that the Earth rotates around the Sun led to a trial before the Inquisiton on a suspicion of heresy.