Galilei is a surname, and may refer to:
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Vincenzo Galilei
Vincenzo Galilei (3 April 1520 – 2 July 1591) was an Italian lutenist, composer, and music theory, music theorist. His children included the astronomer and physicist Galileo Galilei and the lute virtuoso and composer Michelagnolo Galilei. Vinc ...
(1520–1591), composer, lutenist, and music theorist; father of Galileo
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Galileo Galilei
Galileo di Vincenzo Bonaiuti de' Galilei (15 February 1564 – 8 January 1642), commonly referred to as Galileo Galilei ( , , ) or mononymously as Galileo, was an Italian astronomer, physicist and engineer, sometimes described as a poly ...
(1564–1642), astronomer, philosopher, and physicist
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Michelagnolo Galilei (1575–1631), Baroque lutenist and composer, brother of Galileo
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Alessandro Galilei
Alessandro Maria Gaetano Galilei (25 August 1691 – 21 December 1737) was an Italian mathematician, architect and theorist, and a distant relative of Galileo Galilei.
Biography
Born in Florence to the patrician Galilei family, he received archi ...
(1691–1736), Florentine mathematician and architect, distant relative of Galileo
Two craters have been named for Galileo Galilei, with a different spelling:
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Galilaei (lunar crater), on the Moon
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Galilaei (Martian crater), on Mars
See also
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Galilei number
In fluid dynamics, the Galilei number (Ga), sometimes also referred to as Galileo number (see discussion), is a dimensionless number named after Italian scientist Galileo Galilei (1564-1642).
It may be regarded as proportional to gravity forces di ...
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Galilei Donna
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Galilei ja kadonneet lelut
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Galilean § Other meanings
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