Galileo, 5" x7.5",acrylic on cradle board Alicia Hunsicker, 2015 |
Galileo Galilei, an Italian physicist, mathematician, engineer, astronomer, and philosopher.
Galileo played a major role in the scientific revolution during the Renaissance. His achievements include improvements to the telescope and consequent astronomical observations. Galileo has been called the "father of modern observational astronomy the "father of modern physics", and the "father of science".