MOTW - Stephen Hawking / Galileo Gelilei

Mathematician of the Day? It's a TIE!!

Steven Hawking was born on this day...the same day that Galileo Galilei died!

Stephen Hawking was one of the world's foremost theoretical physicists famous for his work on black holes.

Galileo Galilei was an Italian scientist who formulated the basic law of falling bodies, which he verified by careful measurements. He constructed a telescope with which he studied lunar craters, and discovered four moons revolving around Jupiter and espoused the Copernican cause.