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Galileo Galilei is one of the most famous astronomers in history. One of his major accomplishments was the improvements he made to the telescope. Galileo is known for greatly advancing the scientific revolution.

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Galileo Galilei was an Italian astronomer, physicist, and engineer who played a major role in the scientific revolution during the Renaissance. He is best known for his contributions to observational astronomy and advancing the idea that the Earth revolved around the sun, which challenged the prevailing geocentric model of the universe. His work laid the foundation for the development of modern physics.

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Galileo Galilel was born in Pisa, Italy on February 15, 1564 and he died in 1642 .He was an Italian scientist who formulated the basic law of falling bodies, which he verified by careful measurements. He constructed a telescope with which he studied lunar craters, and discovered four moons revolving around Jupiter and espoused the Copernican cause.

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was an Italian physicist, mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher who played a major role in the Scientific Revolution. His achievements include improvements to the telescope and consequent astronomical observations and support for Copernicanism. Galileo has been called the "father of modern observational astronomy", the "father of modern physics", the "father of science", and "the Father of Modern Science".

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Gallileo Gallili is the first man to invent a telescope.

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Galileo was a scientist,mathematician and etc. He was the first person to find Jupiter's moons

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Galileo Galilei (15 February 1564- 8 January 1642) was an Italian physicist, mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher who played a major role in the Scientific Revolution.

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Gallileo Gallilei was a Greek astronomer

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A 16th-17th century scientist.

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