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Monster Essays - Gailileo
Born: Feb 15 1564 in Pisa (now Italy)
Died: Jan 8 1642 in Areetri
Gaileo Galilei's father, Vincenzo Galilei (1520-1591), who described himself as a
nobleman of Florence, was a professional musician. He carried out experiments on strings
to support his musical theories. Galileo studied medicine at the university of Pisa, but his
real interests were always in mathematics and natural philosophy. He is chiefly
remembered for his work on free fall, his use of the telescope and his employment of
experimentation.
After a spell teaching mathematics, first privately in Floren....
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