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| Galileo Galilei | | February 15, 1564 |
Italian scientist; constructed a telescope with which he verified the Copernican theory of the universe
| Galileo Galilei | | The Father of Modern Physics |
Born 1564 CE, died 1642 CE
| Galileo Galilei | | Pisa, Italy |
It is one of the two main airports in Tuscany together with Peretola Airport in Florence
| Galileo Galilei | | The Law of Falling Bodies |
(1604) He overturned nearly 2,000 years of Aristotelian belief that heavier bodies fall faster than lighter ones by proving that all bodies fall at the same rate.
| Galileo Galilei | | Santa Croce Church, Florence, Italy |
Astronomer, d. 1642