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Galileo, Galilei (1564-1642)
Galileo was an Italian natural philosopher, astronomer, and mathematician who made fundamental contributions to the sciences of motion, astronomy, and strength of materials and to the development of the scientific method.
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  • Sidereus nuncius magna longeque, admirabilia spectacula pandens, suspiciend, 1653.
  • Systema cosmicum, 1663.