Mathematics Chair at Padua
The Venetian Senate appoints Galileo professor of mathematics at the University of Padua.
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1592 in Italy
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Padua Inaugural Lecture
Galileo gives his inaugural lecture at Padua, beginning eighteen productive years in the Venetian Republic.
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