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Galileo Galilei
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History & CivilizationsWho is Galileo Galilei in the Agency editorial?
Galileo Galilei (1564 to 1642) was an Italian astronomer, physicist and mathematician. Issue.10 names him once, with Isaac Newton, in a list of what the Enlightenment produced: under the item Scientific progress.
In short
Galileo Galilei was an Italian astronomer, physicist and mathematician who used the telescope to observe the sky and defended the idea that the Earth moves around the Sun. In the Agency editorial he is named in one sentence of Issue.10, in the part about the Enlightenment, which the edition calls Illuminism. After saying that brilliant scientists surged to pave the way for a brighter future, the edition lists Scientific progress: Isaac Newton and Galileo Galilei made groundbreaking discoveries in fields such as physics, astronomy and mathematics. No discovery is named.
Key facts
- Which edition names Galileo Galilei?
- Issue.10, Numbers, in the part about the Enlightenment. He is named once, in the author's prose, together with Isaac Newton.
- What does the edition say about him?
- That he and Isaac Newton made groundbreaking discoveries in fields such as physics, astronomy and mathematics.
- In what context is he named?
- In a list of results of the Enlightenment: scientific progress, human rights and individual liberty, secularism and art. He is under the first item.
Who is Galileo Galilei?
Galileo Galilei was an Italian astronomer, physicist and mathematician, born in 1564 and dead in 1642. With the telescope he observed the four largest moons of Jupiter, and he defended the idea that the Earth moves around the Sun, for which the Roman Inquisition tried him in 1633. These facts come from outside the edition and are marked for verification.
How does Galileo Galilei appear in Issue.10?
Issue.10 presents the Enlightenment, dated by the edition to the late 17th century, as a movement whose followers rejected the authority of the Church and traditional institutions and pursued knowledge without dogmatic constraints. The author writes that, as a result, brilliant scientists surged, and opens a list with Scientific progress: Isaac Newton and Galileo Galilei made groundbreaking discoveries in fields such as physics, astronomy and mathematics. That is the only mention of Galileo in the editions.
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Where this entry comes from in the Agency editorial.