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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 69. Chapters: William Shakespeare, Christopher Marlowe, David Fabricius, Galileo Galilei, William Adams, Hans Leo Hassler, Henry Percy, 9th Earl of Northumberland, William Segar, Kry tof Harant, Henry Julius, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel, Sh Nei, John Gerard, Robert Parker, Eustache de Refuge, Johannes Buxtorf, Henry Brooke, 11th Baron Cobham, John Casimir, Duke of Saxe-Coburg, Edward Conway, 1st Viscount Conway, Margherita Gonzaga, Duchess of Ferrara, Pedro Paez, Mihnea Turcitul, Jacob Cornelisz. van Neck, Charles Loyseau, Patrick Forbes, Pierre Coton, Magnus Brahe, Francis Hay, 9th Earl of Erroll, Rodrigo de Vivero y Aberrucia, Joos de Momper, Vincenzo Giustiniani, Anthony Hungerford of Black Bourton, Hans Rottenhammer, Sibylla of Anhalt, Nathaniel Torporley, Federico Borromeo, Pierre Richer de Belleval, Nicolaus Mulerius, John Parkhurst, Alexander Forbes, Thomas Morton, John Townshend, Francisco Pacheco, Richard Lovelace, 1st Baron Lovelace, George Gustavus, Count Palatine of Veldenz, Etienne Bauny, Martinus Smiglecius, Jacob Willekens, Pablo Jose Arriaga, John Harvey, Thomas Murray, John Holles, 1st Earl of Clare, Edmund Sheffield, 1st Earl of Mulgrave, Ernest II, Duke of Brunswick-Luneburg, Joseph Heintz the Elder, Lambert van Tweenhuysen, Thomas Shirley, Henry Reynolds, Philip Faber, Seki Kazumasa, Charles Spinola, Catherine Howard, Countess of Suffolk, William Bathe, Hafiz Ahmed Pasha, Konstanty Wi niowiecki, Jean D'Espagnet, Martin Schaffner, Mizuno Katsushige, Francesco Villamena, Abou Fares Abdallah, Daniel Chamier, Anthonie Schetz. Excerpt: Galileo Galilei (Italian pronunciation: 15 February 1564 - 8 January 1642), commonly known as Galileo, was an Italian physicist, mathematician, astronomer and philosopher who played a major role in the Scientific Revolution. His achievements include improvements to the telescop...