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  • Galileo Galilei
  • An Italian scientist
  • Lived from 1564 to 1642 AD
  • Also famous for inventing the astronomical telescope 2 , 4
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  • Galileo conducted several different experiments
  • Experiments included incline planes and pendulums
  • Rumored to have dropped various balls from the Leaning Tower of Pisa
  • Experimentally calculated the acceleration (or change in velocity) of gravity to be 32 feet per second per second, or what is more commonly known today as 9.8 meters per second per second 2 , 4