Galileo

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In 1610 this Italian scientist & astronomer named the moons of Jupiter the "Medicean Stars" in honor of the powerful family Galileo $400 DJ SCIENTISTS 2023-05-15 #8871
In 1609 he presented his eight-powered telescope to the Venetian Senate; he got life tenure & doubled his salary Galileo $1,200 DJ COMPOSERS, PAINTERS & SCIENTISTS 2021-07-20 #8447
This Italian's 17th century law of falling bodies relates the distance fallen by a body to the elapsed time Galileo $1,200 DJ LAYING DOWN THE SCIENTIFIC LAW 2021-05-07 #8395
This Italian physicist began writing about his ideas "On Motion" around 1590 Galileo $800 J NON-ROCKET SCIENTISTS 2016-05-06 #7295
A law of falling bodies associated with this Italian says that they fall at the same speed regardless of their mass Galileo $400 J SCIENTISTS 2007-02-08 #5164
In 1633 the Inquisition in Rome forced him to recant his belief in the Copernican theory Galileo $200 DJ SCIENTISTS 1999-05-13 #3394
Italian whose legendary experiment is recreated in the exhibit (Leaning Tower of Pisa) seen here Galileo DD $1,200 DJ SCIENTISTS 1998-05-06 #3163
In 1633 this astronomer was found guilty of "vehement suspicion of heresy" Galileo $200 DJ SCIENTISTS 1996-11-27 #2818
In 1992 the Roman Catholic Church admitted that it had erred in condemning this man Galileo FJ SCIENTISTS 1996-02-22 #2649
The gal, a unit for measuring the acceleration of gravity, got its name from this Italian scientist Galileo $100 J SCIENTISTS 1993-10-29 #2105
From 1592 to 1610, he served as professor of mathematics at the University of Padua Galileo $400 DJ SCIENTISTS 1993-09-24 #2080
This Italian astronomer was born three days before Michelangelo died Galileo $200 DJ SCIENTISTS 1991-04-16 #1537
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