Galileo

Galileo Galilei

Galileo Galilei was one of the key thinkers of the scientific revolution. He was an astronomer and physicist who was born in Italy. He developed the law of pendulum and the law of falling objects. He also made many astronomical observations and invented the telescope. Galileo exposed the idea that all planets orbited the sun. Galileo's new ideas conflicted the ideas of the Catholic Church. Eventually he was threatened by the church, and he was forced to say that his ideas were wrong.



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