Among these people was Galileo Galilei. ... Galileo worked on many projects and invented many things that are still used everyday. One of his great inventions was the pendulum clock, " Galileo's son Vincenzio, and Galileo's last student, Vincenzio Viviani, completed his design for a pendulum clock." ... Galileo through out his career worked on and defended many theories. ... (Interesting Facts about Galileo, http://www.2020site.org/galileo/facts.html) This particular theory or law was not made a law by Galileo, his work is very deserving of the recognition for it. ...

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One such case was Galileo Galilei. ... Galileo Galilei was born in 1564 in Pisa, Italy. ... The difference between Galileo and other Copernican were political: Galileo had enemies. ... By this time Galileo was a very old man. ... Galileo is perhaps the most famous of all heretics. ...

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This law is considered to be a extension of Galileo's Law of Inertia. ... As we have noted earlier in conjunction with the discussion of Galileo, Aristotle's view seems to be more in accord with common sense, but that is because of a failure to appreciate the role played by frictional forces. Once account is taken of all forces acting in a given situation it is the dynamics of Galileo and Newton, not of Aristotle, that are found to be in accord with the observations. ...

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Renaissance, which means "rebirth" was the cultural movement in Europe from the fourteenth century to the seventeenth century. During the Renaissance, astronomy was founded by a famous astronomer, Nicolaus Copernicus. In the Encyclopedia of the Renaissance, Nicolaus Copernicus is introduced as follo...

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