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Galileo was born in Pisa (then part of the Duchy of Florence) on 15 February 1564, [16] 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.
This portrait is one of a group of three in oil and two busts of Galileo that were in the Gabb collection - mainly of scientific instruments - when it was purchased en bloc for the Museum by Sir James Caird in 1937. For the other oil portraits see BHC2700 and BHC2701. Galileo Galilei, 1564-1642
In 1580, Ammannati gave birth to one more daughter, Lena, who also died soon. [8] 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]
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
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.
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12 April 1633 – Galileo Galilei's trial starts; 15 April 1707 – Leonhard Euler's birthday; 18 April 1955 – Albert Einstein's death; 22 April 1904 – J. Robert Oppenheimer's birthday; 23 April 1858 – Max Planck's birthday; 24 April 1990 – Hubble Space Telescope launched; 25 April 1990 – Hubble Space Telescope deployed from the ...