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Galileo di Vincenzo Bonaiuti de' Galilei (15 February 1564 – 8 January 1642), commonly referred to as Galileo Galilei (/ ˌ ɡ æ l ɪ ˈ l eɪ oʊ ˌ ɡ æ l ɪ ˈ l eɪ /, US also / ˌ ɡ æ l ɪ ˈ l iː oʊ-/; Italian: [ɡaliˈlɛːo ɡaliˈlɛːi]) or mononymously as Galileo, was an Italian [a] astronomer, physicist and engineer, sometimes described as a polymath.
Philip Hampson Knight (born February 24, 1938) is an American billionaire businessman and philanthropist who is the co-founder and chairman emeritus of Nike, Inc., a global sports equipment and apparel company. He was previously its chairman and CEO. [1] As of December 2024, Forbes estimated his net worth at $35.1 billion.
1564 - Birth of Galileo Galilei, Italian astronomer and physicist (d. 1642) 1809 - Birth of Cyrus McCormick, American inventor (d. 1884) 1809 - Birth of André Dumont, Belgian geologist (d. 1857) 1847 - Death of Germinal Pierre Dandelin, Belgian mathematician (b. 1794) 1849 - Death of Pierre François Verhulst, Belgian mathematician (b. 1804)
The following is a partial list of notable theoretical physicists. Arranged by century of birth, then century of death, then year of birth, then year of death, then alphabetically by surname. For explanation of symbols, see Notes at end of this article.
12 April 1633 – Galileo Galilei's trial starts; 15 April 1707 – Leonhard Euler's birthday; 18 April 1955 – Albert Einstein's death; 22 April 1904 – J. Robert Oppenheimer's birthday; 23 April 1858 – Max Planck's birthday; 24 April 1990 – Hubble Space Telescope launched; 25 April 1990 – Hubble Space Telescope deployed from the ...
Throughout the book’s 400 pages, Knight details the many risks and daunting setbacks he endured while growing that first $8,000 to a global-spanning business whose annual sales top $30 billion.
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The following is a list of astronomers, astrophysicists and other notable people who have made contributions to the field of astronomy.They may have won major prizes or awards, developed or invented widely used techniques or technologies within astronomy, or are directors of major observatories or heads of space-based telescope projects.