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Galileo was born in Pisa (then part of the Duchy of Florence) on 15 February 1564, [20] the first of six children of Vincenzo Galilei, a leading lutenist, composer, and music theorist, and Giulia Ammannati, the daughter of a prominent merchant, who had married two years earlier in 1562, when he was 42, and she was 24.
Zeus (/ zj uː s /, Ancient Greek: Ζεύς) [a] is the sky and thunder god in ancient Greek religion and mythology, who rules as king of the gods on Mount Olympus.. Zeus is the child of Cronus and Rhea, the youngest of his siblings to be born, though sometimes reckoned the eldest as the others required disgorging from Cronus's stomach.
Date of birth/death: 15 February 1564 : 8 January 1642 : Location of birth/death: Pisa : Arcetri : Work location: ... Galileo Galilei; Usage on as.wikipedia.org
Galilei is a surname, and may refer to: Galileo Galilei (1564–1642), astronomer, philosopher, and physicist. Vincenzo Galilei (1520–1591), composer, lutenist, and music theorist; father of Galileo
Totally, there were eleven children in the Galilei family. [9] After the death of Vincenzo Galilei in 1591, the oldest son, Galileo, who already was a professor of mathematics in Pisa, took the burden of sustaining Ammannati and his siblings. [3] As Galileo moved to Padua Ammannati sent him letters in which she complained of her son's neglect. [4]
Della musica antica et della moderna, 1581. Vincenzo Galilei (3 April 1520 – 2 July 1591) was an Italian lutenist, composer, and music theorist.His children included the astronomer and physicist Galileo Galilei and the lute virtuoso and composer Michelagnolo Galilei.
Starry Messenger, about Galileo Galilei, is a children's picture book that was written and illustrated by Peter Sís. And designed by art director, Lilian Rosenstreich in 1996. It is a 1997 Caldecott Honor book. Through the use of his illustrations, Peter Sis documents different stages of life of the widely acknowledged scientist Galileo Galilei.
Galileo Galilei (1564–1642) crafted his own telescope and discovered that the Moon had craters, that Jupiter had moons, that the Sun had spots, and that Venus had phases like the Moon. Portrait by Justus Sustermans. Galileo Galilei was among the first to use a telescope to observe the sky, and after constructing a 20x refractor telescope. [84]