Galileo Galilei was the founder of modern physics ... the centuries-long ferment accelerated and intensified by the invention of printing in the middle of the 15th century. He was not alone.

Galileo Galilei – often referred to just as Galileo ... With the telescope having been recently invented, Galileo started playing around with it, making his own improvements to the new ...

Alan Turing laid the foundations of modern computing and played a critical role in breaking the Enigma code during World War II in 1941. Wright Brothers, Orville and Wilbur, designed and flew the ...