Galileo Galilei (1564 - 1642),
the famed Italian astronomer and experimental philosopher was born
in Pisa on
the 15th of February, 1564. Although many of his theories put forth
have been disproved, his name is nevertheless justly associated with the
vast extension of the bounds of the visible universe which has rendered
modern astronomy the most sublime of sciences, and his telescopic
observations are a standing monument to his sagacity and acumen.
