Question: The square–cube law was first described by an astronomer born in what year?

Double Jeopardy is a science fiction novel by Fletcher Pratt.  It was first published in hardcover by Doubleday in 1952, and reprinted as a selection of the Science Fiction Book Club in 1953.  The first paperback edition was issued in digest form by Galaxy Publishing Corporation as its "Galaxy Science Fiction Novel" #30 in 1957; a second paperback edition was issued by Curtis Books in 1967.  The novel has been translated into Italian.  The book is a combination of two shorter pieces, the novellas "Double Jeopardy" and "The Square Cube Law," originally published in the magazine "Thrilling Wonder Stories" in the issues for April, 1952 and June, 1952, respectively. <SEP> Nicolae Donici (] ; 1/13 September 1874, Chişinău (currently the Republic of Moldova) - 1960, Puget-Theniers, Alpes-Maritimes, France) was a Romanian astronomer born in Bessarabia.  Nicolae Donici (Donitch) was born into an old family of Romanian nobles from Bessarabia in the Petricani region of Chişinău.  He graduated from the University in Odessa (Ukraine).  Subsequently he served as state clerk in Saint Petersburg (Russia).  Concomittantly he had his own private observatory.  He conducted research in countries such as Spain, Russia, Portugal, Indonesia, Egypt, Turkey, Algeria and USA.  He was an honorary member of the Romanian Academy and doctor honoris causa of the University of Heidleberg and of the Coimbra Institute in Portugal.  His main scientific interest were the Sun and its eclipses, planetary astronomy, zodiacal light.  The Astronomical observatory in Dubăsarii Vechi (Bessarabia), directed by Nicolae Donici enjoyed a number of astronomers from everywhere: the German: Emanuel von der Pahlen, the Russian emigrants: Lev Ocoulitch and Andrei Baikov.  Donitch was a member of the International Union for Solar research, of the International Astronomical Union (since its first Congress in 1922), of the Romanian Academy (since 1922).  In 1948 he was excluded from the Academy by communist authorities of Romania.  He refugeed to France (Nice) where he continued to work in the collaboration with Henri Chrétien and other French astronomers.  In 1991 He was reestablished to the Romanian Academy.  He was married to Maria Perks.  The asteroid 9494 Donici is named after him.  The most important publications were signed as Donitch. <SEP>  It was first described in 1638 by Galileo Galilei in his "Two New Sciences" as the "...ratio of two volumes is greater than the ratio of their surfaces". The square–cube law (or cube–square law) is a mathematical principle, applied in a variety of scientific fields, which describes the relationship between the volume and the area as a shape's size increases or decreases. <SEP>  He has been called the "father of observational astronomy", the "father of modern physics", the "father of the scientific method", and the "father of science". Galileo Galilei (] ; 15 February 1564 – 8 January 1642) was an Italian polymath: astronomer, physicist, engineer, philosopher, and mathematician.  Galileo studied speed and velocity, gravity and free fall, the principle of relativity, inertia, projectile motion and also worked in applied science and technology, describing the properties of pendulums and "hydrostatic balances", inventing the thermoscope and various military compasses, and using the telescope (a Dutch optical instrument) for scientific observations of celestial objects.