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Galileo Galilei (nov 1, 1564 – jun 7, 1641)

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- italian polymath
- cental figure in transition from natural philosophy to modern science
- ASTRONOMY: heliocentric model, jupiter as largest moon; many more stars than visible to the naked eye; mountains and craters on the moon's surface; Venus had phases like moon
- TECHNOLOGY: telescope
- housearrest for his publications

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Date:

nov 1, 1564
jun 7, 1641
~ 76 years