Galileo Galilei

Galileo Galilei

Italian astronomer and mathematician who was the first to use a telescope to study the stars; demonstrated that different weights descend at the same rate; perfected the refracting telescope that enabled him to make many discoveries (1564-1642) [Italijanski astronom in matematik, ki je kot prvi uporabil teleskop za opazovanje zvezd; dokazal je, da različne teže padajo enako hitro; izboljšal je lomni teleskop, ki mu je omogočil, da je naredil veliko odkritij (1564-1642).]



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