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Galileo Galilei 15 February 1564 -- 8 January 1642) was an Italian physicist, mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher who played a major role in the Scientific Revolution. He played a mayor part in the advancement of the scientific point of view, Making many discovery's of his own but also working on the work done by many other scientists that came before him.

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