Galileo Galilei, the founder of science and an Italian astronomer, physicist, and engineer, dies at the age of 77 in 1642.
Galileo di Vincenzo Bonaiuti de' Galilei, known simply as Galileo, was an astronomer, physicist, and engineer from Pisa, modern-day Italy, who was frequently referred to as a polymath. Galileo is credited with founding observational astronomy, modern physics, the scientific method, and modern science. On January 8, 1642, he died.
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