Meaning of Galileo in English
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Noun
GalileoDefinitions
1. Italian astronomer and mathematician who was the first to use a telescope to study the starsExamples
- « demonstrated that different weights descend at the same rate »
- « perfected the refracting telescope that enabled him to make many discoveries (1564-1642) »
Famous quotes
- « Galileo was no idiot. Only an idiot could believe that science requires martyrdom - that may be necessary in religion, but in time a scientific result will establish itself. » David Hilbert
- « If Galileo had said in verse that the world moved, the inquisition might have let him alone. » Thomas Hardy