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Famous Quotations from the Scientist Galileo Galilei

“Facts which at first seem improbable will,
even on scant explanation,
drop the cloak which has hidden them
and stand forth in naked and simple beauty.”

Galileo Galilei (1564 – 16 42)
was an Italian physicist, mathematician, astronomer and philosopher.
His contributions to observational astronomy include the telescopic confirmation of the phases of Venus, the discovery of the four largest satellites of Jupiter, and the observation and analysis of sunspots.

Galileo made original contributions to the science of motion through an innovative combination of experiment and mathematics.

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