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Galileo Galilei

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Galileo Galilei (1564-1642) Italian astronomer, mathematician and physicist. [1870]. Here he is facing the Inquisition, challenging his claim that the earth moves, thus contradicting the theories of Aristotle. From "Vies des Savants Illustres" by Louis Figuier. (Paris, 1870). Engraving.

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