Galileo
Galileo's Glassworks: The Telescope And The Mirror
$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
$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
$28.95 – Hardcover book / Farrar Straus & Giro
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
$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
$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
$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
$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 →