Galileo Galilei
Italian mathematician and natural philosopher whose telescope discoveries and defence of Copernicus led to his trial in 1633.
Person15 Feb 1564 O.S. – 8 Jan 1642
- Identifiers
- Wikidata Q307
Sources
Appears in16 items
- History of the Universe1 item
- Telescopes: Galileo to JWST3 items
- The Scientific Revolution12 items
- Galileo at PaduaDec 1592
- Galileo shows Venice his spyglass21 Aug 1609
- Galileo finds the moons of Jupiter · discoverer7 Jan 1610
- Sidereus Nuncius · author13 Mar 1610
- Galileo in Florence and ArcetriSep 1610
- Rome suspends Copernicus5 Mar 1616
- Galileo’s Dialogue · author21 Feb 1632
- Galileo in Rome for his trial13 Feb 1633
- Galileo’s first interrogation12 Apr 1633
- Galileo abjures · defendant22 Jun 1633
- Galileo’s Two New Sciences, printed in Leiden · author1638
- Galileo dies at Arcetri8 Jan 1642