At age ten, Galileo left Pisa to join his family in which city?
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Florence
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At age ten, Galileo left Pisa to join his family in which city?
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Florence
What musical profession was Galileo's father Vincenzo known for?
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Lutenist
What field did Galileo enroll to study at the University of Pisa in 1580?
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Medicine
What was Galileo Galilei's full birth name?
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Galileo di Vincenzo Bonaiuti de' Galilei
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What musical profession was Galileo's father Vincenzo known for?
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Lutenist
What was Galileo Galilei's full birth name?
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Galileo di Vincenzo Bonaiuti de' Galilei
What was the family name of Galileo's brother Michelagnolo?
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Galilei
Which list of banned books included Galileo's Dialogue after his trial?
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Index Librorum Prohibitorum
What name is given to Galileo's coordinate change between inertial reference frames?
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Galilean transformation
Which Roman church hosted Galileo's 1633 sentencing?
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Santa Maria sopra Minerva
What villa in Arcetri was Galileo's final residence?
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Villa Il Gioiello
What property of a pendulum did Galileo study in the early 1600s?
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Isochronism
Which traditional Earth-centered system is debated against Copernicanism in Galileo's Dialogue?
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Ptolemaic system