Galileo Galilei, an Italian astronomer, physicist, and engineer known as the "Father of Science," was born in Pisa, Duchy of Florence, Italy, in 1564.
Galileo di Vincenzo Bonaiuti de' Galilei ( 15 February 1564 – 8 January 1642) was an astronomer, physicist, and engineer from Pisa, in modern-day Italy. Galileo has been dubbed the "Father" of modern physics, observational astronomy, the scientific method, and contemporary science.
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