Galileo Galilei

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Galileo Galilei (15 February 1564 – 8 January 1642) was an Italian physicist, mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher; and a countercultural icon closely associated with the scientific revolution. Galileo's experiment-based work is a significant break from the abstract approach of Aristotle.

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-'''Galileo Galilei''' ([[15 February]] [[1564]] &ndash; [[8 January]] [[1642]]) was an [[Italian people|Italian]] [[physicist]], [[mathematician]], [[astronomer]], and [[philosopher]]; and a [[countercultural]] [[icon]] closely associated with the [[scientific revolution]]. His achievements include the first systematic studies of uniformly accelerated motion, improvements to the [[telescope]], a variety of astronomical observations, and support for [[Nicolaus Copernicus|Copernicanism]]. Galileo's experiment-based work is a significant break from the abstract approach of [[Aristotle]]. Galileo is often referred to as the "[[List of people known as the father or mother of something|father]] of modern [[astronomy]]", as the "father of modern [[physics]]", and as the "father of [[science]]". The motion of uniformly accelerated objects, treated in nearly all high school and introductory college physics courses, was studied by Galileo as the subject of [[kinematics]].
+'''Galileo Galilei''' ([[15 February]] [[1564]] &ndash; [[8 January]] [[1642]]) was an [[Italian people|Italian]] [[physicist]], [[mathematician]], [[astronomer]], and [[philosopher]]; and a [[countercultural]] [[icon]] closely associated with the [[scientific revolution]]. Galileo's experiment-based work is a significant break from the abstract approach of [[Aristotle]].
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