Death Tercentenary of Galileo Galilei.

Description: Series of 4 stamps with 4 subjects. Impression 6.250.000
Date of issue: September 28, 1942. Valid up to June 30, 1943.

Galileo Galilei: Italian mathematician, astronomer, and physicist. He made several significant contributions to modern science. As the first man to use the telescope, he proved that the Earth orbits the sun. His theories deviated from accepted thought to such a degree that he was tried by the Inquisition in Rome. He was ordered to recant, and spent the last eight years of his life under house arrest. He informally stated the principles later embodied in Newton's first two laws of motion. Because of his pioneer work in gravitation and motion, combining mathematical analysis with experiments, Galileo often is referred to as the founder of modern mechanics and experimental physics. Perhaps the most far-reaching of his achievements was his reestablishment of mathematical rationalism against Aristotle's logic-verbal approach. Galileo in 1592 applied for and was awarded the chair of mathematics at Padua, where he was to remain for 18 years and perform the bulk of his most outstanding work

Arms of Savoy without fasces at the top. Fasces rolled in ribbons on each side. At the bottom the year 1942 and anno XX, 20th year of the fascist era.

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