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Galileo was born in Pisa (then part of the Duchy of Florence) on 15 February 1564, [20] the first of six children of Vincenzo Galilei, a leading lutenist, composer, and music theorist, and Giulia Ammannati, the daughter of a prominent merchant, who had married two years earlier in 1562, when he was 42, and she was 24.
This list of history awards covers notable awards given to people, a group of people, or institutions, for their contribution to the study of history. It is organized by region. It is organized by region.
Different organisations are responsible for awarding the individual prizes; the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences awards the Prizes in Physics, Chemistry, and Economics; the Swedish Academy awards the Prize in Literature; the Karolinska Institute awards the Prize in Physiology or Medicine; and the Norwegian Nobel Committee awards the Prize in Peace. [3]
Discernible time periods marking a "golden age" of advancements are, for example, the development of mechanics under Galileo (1564–1642) and Isaac Newton (1642–1727). Another small epoch seen as a golden age is the unification of electricity, magnetism, and optics because of 19th century notables, including Michael Faraday , James Clerk ...
1583 – Galileo Galilei deduces the period relationship of a pendulum from observations (according to later biographer). 1586 – Simon Stevin demonstrates that two objects of different mass accelerate at the same rate when dropped. [2] 1589 – Galileo Galilei describes a hydrostatic balance for measuring specific gravity.
"Look to the Sky at the Astronomers Monument, Griffith Observatory 2018" (Photograph by Louise Norris via Wikimedia Commons) The Astronomers Monument in front of Griffith Observatory in Los Angeles, California is a New Deal artwork created under the auspices of the Public Works of Art Project.
McDaniel made history that night as the first Black performer to win an Oscar. Hattie McDaniel, the first Black actor or actress to win an Academy Award in 1940 for "Gone with the Wind."
The history of special relativity consists of many theoretical results and empirical findings obtained by Albert A. Michelson, Hendrik Lorentz, Henri Poincaré and others. It culminated in the theory of special relativity proposed by Albert Einstein and subsequent work of Max Planck , Hermann Minkowski and others.