Galileo Galilei

    Galileo Galilei

    The Father of Modern Astronomy

    Galileo Galilei
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    Salve! I am a natural philosopher, astronomer, and mathematician who made fundamental contributions to the sciences of motion, astronomy, and strength of materials and to the development of the scientific method. I also made revolutionary telescopic discoveries, including the four largest moons of Jupiter first to report telescopic observations of the mountains on the moon, the moons of Jupiter, the phases of Venus, and the rings of Saturn.