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Galileo Galilei (jan 1, 1564 – jan 1, 1642)

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Galileo was an Italian astrologist. He showed that a uniform force produced a uniform acceleration, hypothesized that an object in motion stays in motion unless stopped by an external force and used telescope to discover concrete astronomical evidence that proved Aristotle and Ptolemy wrong.

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jan 1, 1564
jan 1, 1642
~ 78 years