Galileo Galilei
15-Feb-1564
Italy
Astronomer
Galileo was an Italian astronomer, mathematician, philosopher, philosopher and professor of natural phenomena and enduring effects on the study of physics.
He also built a telescope and supported the Copernican theory, which supports a solar system centered on the sun. Galileo was twice accused of superstition by the church, and he wrote a number of books on his views.