Galileo Galilei 15 February 1564 – 8 January 1642 (feb 15, 1564 – jan 8, 1642)
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Galileo was an Italian astronomer, physicist, and engineer. Galileo studied speed, velocity, gravity, the principle of relativity, and inertia just to name a few. He was born in Pisa the first of six children and his father was a musician enthusiast. Fun fact only 3 of his 5 siblings survived passed infancy and he became blind in his later years. Galileo was an astrologer who studied stars and the planets and the sun and created the refracting telescope the highest telescope he created was about 8x to 9x zoom.Added to timeline:
Date:
feb 15, 1564
jan 8, 1642
~ 77 years