The World's Greatest Man
Galileo Galilei
(1870)
Galileo Galilei (1564-1642) demonstrating his telescope, Venice, 1609. In this artist's reconstruction Galileo, Italian astronomer, mathematician and physicist, is showing his telescope to the Doge and the Venetian Senators. From Vies des Savants Illustres by Louis Figuier (Paris, 1870)