Giorgio de Santillana

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university teacher
philosopher
history of science
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Giorgio Diaz de Santillana was an Italian-American philosopher and historian of science, particularly of ancient science and of the Renaissance science of Galileo Galilei. He was a Professor of the History of Science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology best known for his books The Crime of Galileo (1955) and Hamlet's Mill (1969).

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1902 – 1974
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Born in
Rome
Educated at
Sapienza University of Rome
Awards
🏆 Guggenheim Fellowship🏆 The Hillman Prize for Magazine Journalism

Timeline

  • 1902

    Born

    Birth
  • 1974

    Died

    Death

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