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Galileo's Glassworks: The Telescope And The Mirror
Eileen Reeves

$0.00 – Hardcover book / Harvard Univ Pr

The Dutch telescope and the Italian scientist Galileo have long enjoyed a durable connection in the popular mind--so much so that it seems this simple glass instrument transformed a rather modest middle-aged scholar into... Buy or find out more 


Galileo's Daughter
Dava Sobel

$24.95 – Paperback book / Fourth Estate

Galileo Galilei (1564-1642) was the foremost scientist of his day, 'the father of modern physics indeed of modern science altogether' in the words of Albert Einstein. Though he never left the Italy of his birth, his inve... Buy or find out more 



Starry Messenger Galileo
Peter Sis

$28.95 – Hardcover book / Farrar Straus & Giro

"If they had seen what we see, they would have judged as we judge." -- Galileo Galilei



In every age there are courageous people who break with tradition to explore new ideas and challenge accepted truths. Galileo Galile...

Galileo Goes to Jail and Other Myths About Science and Religion
Ronald Numbers (Editor)

$59.95 – Hardcover book / Harvard Univ Pr

If we want nonscientists and opinion-makers in the press, the lab, and the pulpit to take a fresh look at the relationship between science and religion, Ronald Numbers suggests that we must first dispense with the hoary ... Buy or find out more 



Earth Moves Galileo And The Roman Inquisition
Dan Hofstadter

$39.95 – Paperback book / W W Norton

Celebrated, controversial, condemned, Galileo Galilei is a seminal figure in the history of science. Both Stephen Hawking and Albert Einstein credit him as the first modern scientist. His 1633 trial before the Holy Offic... Buy or find out more 


The Essential Galileo
Galileo

$23.95 – Paperback book /

Spanning Galileo's entire career, this new collection presents an annotated translation of Galileo's most important writings as judged by their historical impact from the seventeenth century to the present. It thus prese... Buy or find out more 



Galileo
Philip Steele

$32.95 – Hardcover book / Nat Geographic Soc

Galileo made the first effective use of the refracting telescope to discover important new facts about astronomy. His observations led him to support Copernicus's claim that Earth and the other planets circled the sun. T... Buy or find out more 


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