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Feb 15, 1564
Galileo Galilei was born in Pisa, Tuscany Italy
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Period: Feb 15, 1564 to
Galileo Galilei's life time
Galileo Galilei's life time, by Oliver Blecher -
Feb 3, 1572
when Galileo was eight years old, his family returned to Florence
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Galileo's friend encouraged him to read a science book while he was attending Medical school and was so interested, he dropped out of medical school and became a scientist.
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chair of mathematics at the University of Padua, where he taught from 1592 until 1610
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Used inclined planes to prove that bodies do not fall with velocities proportionate to their weight but proportionate to time.
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Galileo Galilei discovers all four of Venesus satelight moons
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Galileo Galilei published his findings--as a small book titled The Starry Messenger
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Galileo Galilei passes away
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Period: to
The Legacy of Galileo
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Bertolt Brecht created a play on the life of Galileo
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Galileo is mentioned several times in the "opera" section of the famous Queen song, "Bohemian Rhapsody."
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Galileo Galilei was recently selected as a main motif for a high value collectors' coin: the €25 International Year of Astronomy commemorative coin, minted in 2009. This coin also commemorates the 400th anniversary of the invention of Galileo's telescope
