'Galileo Galilei', (1933). Creator: Unknown.

'Galileo Galilei', (1933). Creator: Unknown.

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'Galileo Galilei', (1933). Portrait of Italian astronomer, physicist, engineer, philosopher and mathematician Galileo (1564-1642). Galileo played a major role in the scientific revolution. His achievements include improvements to the telescope and consequent astronomical observations, and support for Copernicanism. Galileo has been called the father of modern observational astronomy, the father of modern physics, the father of science and the father of modern science. From "Gestalten Der Weltgeschichte", a book of cigarette-card portrait miniatures of figures in world history from the last four hundred years. [Germany, 1933]


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Creator
  1. Unknown, attributed to: :
Subject
  1. Galileo Galilei: Italian: Astronomer, author, physicist

Picture Type
  1. Cigarette card
  2. Portrait

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People Famous People

Artistic Representations Portraits


Digital Image Size

Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 3948x4740
File Size : 54,825kb


Aliases

  1. 0580062638
  1. 2-702-373
  1. 2702373

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