Galileo Galilei
1564–1642 · Italy
🌍 View on the globeInventions and discoveries · 9
- c. 1593 (termoscopio) / 1714 (Fahrenheit) / 1742 (Celsius)Thermometer and temperature scalesScientific instrument · inventor
- 1604-1638Law of falling bodies and the inclined planeTheorem, law or theory · author
- 1609Lunar mountains and cratersDiscovery · discoverer
- 1610Phases of VenusDiscovery · discoverer
- 1610Galilean moonsDiscovery · discoverer
- 1611Sunspots and solar rotationDiscovery · discoverer
- c. 1590-1625Compound microscopeScientific instrument · inventor
- 1632Principle of inertiaTheorem, law or theory · author
- 1632Galilean relativityTheorem, law or theory · author