About Galileo Galilei
His full name was Galileo di Vincenzo Bonaiuti de' Galilei, and he was a polymath who contributed to many fields. He was born when Pisa belonged to the Duchy of Florence, and historians also credit him as the father of classical physics and the scientific method.
![“I would beg the wise and learned fathers (of the church) to consider with all diligence the difference which exists between matters of mere opinion and matters of demonstration. ... [I]t is not in the power of professors of the demonstrative sciences to alter their opinions at will, so as to be…” quote by Galileo Galilei](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/c92/galileo-galilei-2377_altered_i-would-beg-the-wise-and-learned-fathers_1856623.png)
