Galileo Galilei Quotes


For my part I consider the earth very noble and admirable precisely because of the diverse alterations, changes, generations, etc. that occur in it incessantly.


Citations

Galilei, Galileo. Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems. Translated by Stillman Drake, University of California Press, 1953, p. 58.

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Galileo Galilei
Galileo Galilei
  • Born: February 15, 1564
  • Died: January 8, 1642
  • Nationality: Italian
  • Profession: Scientist

Galileo di Vincenzo Bonaiuti de' Galilei was an Italian astronomer, physicist and engineer, sometimes described as a polymath, from Pisa. Galileo has been called the "father of observational astronomy", the "father of modern physics", the "father of the scientific method", and the "father of modern science".