Galileo's lost letter

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Galileo Galilei is known as the father of modern science and the man whose work proved that the Earth orbits the sun. His scientific discoveries were in opposition of what the Catholic Church taught. But did you know that while he was a math professor at the University of Pisa, G ...  Show more

The DJ and broadcaster Bobby Friction champions the Italian physicist and astronomer Galileo Galilei. He is the first Great Lives guest to have named a child after his nominated hero.

Galileo was born on 25th February 1564, in Pisa. He was a best-selling author - the Ste ...

Gracias al invento del telescopio, Galileo Galilei hizo en 1610 una serie de observaciones astronómicas que cambiaron la concepción del universo y pusieron en cuestión los dogmas de la Iglesia católica. 

Galileo's bumbling attempts at determining the area of the cycloid suggests a radical new interpretation of his scientific opus. Archimedes's work on floating bodies is an example of excellent Greek science that has not been sufficiently appreciated. Transcript Galileo is the mos ...  Show more