Tuesday, January 8, 2008

Galileo Galilei died today – 366 years ago

Italian scientist and astronomer Galileo Galilei was born on February 15, 1564 in Pisa, Tuscany, Italy. He said, “The Sun, with all the planets revolving around it, and depending on it, can still ripen a bunch of grapes as though it had nothing else in the Universe to do." [A thing of many talents.]... Mr. Galilei died in 1642 in Arcetri, Tuscany, Italy.

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