Galileo Galilei

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Astronomer
Physicist
Scientist
gptkbp:associatedWith Scientific Revolution
gptkbp:birthDate 1564-02-15
gptkbp:bornIn gptkb:Pisa
gptkbp:burialPlace Basilica of Santa Croce
gptkbp:children gptkb:Vincenzo_Galilei
gptkb:Virginia_Galilei
gptkb:Livia_Galilei
gptkbp:contribution Kinematics
Astronomical observations
Experimental physics
gptkbp:court Inquisition trial
gptkbp:deathDate 1642-01-08
gptkbp:education gptkb:University_of_Pisa
gptkbp:famousFor gptkb:Jupiter's_moons
Sunspots
Telescope_observations
Pendulum_experiments
Phases_of_Venus
gptkbp:field Astronomy
Physics
Philosophy of science
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Galileo Galilei
gptkbp:influence Astronomy
Philosophy
Physics
Scientific method
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Isaac_Newton
gptkbp:influencedBy Copernicus
gptkbp:inventor Microscope
Thermometer
Military compass
gptkbp:knownFor gptkb:Galileo's_law_of_falling_bodies
Heliocentrism
Improvement of the telescope
gptkbp:legacy Father of modern observational astronomy
Father of modern physics
Father of the scientific method
gptkbp:nationality Italian
gptkbp:portrait gptkb:Portrait_by_Justus_Sustermans
gptkbp:residence gptkb:Florence
Padua
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Marina_Gamba
gptkbp:wrote gptkb:Sidereus_Nuncius
Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems
Two New Sciences