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- “The Assayer” by Galileo Galilei (1623) [pdf] https://web.stanford.edu/~jsabol/certainty/readings/Galileo-Assayer.pdf 11 comments
- Researcher discovers another astronomy book written by Galileo Galilei https://www.medievalists.net/2022/10/researcher-discovers-another-astronomy-book-written-by-galileo-galilei/ 34 comments
- Who Was Galileo Galilei? http://www.universetoday.com/48756/galileo-facts/ 12 comments
- Galileo Galilei (2023) | Courageous pursuit of truth - Reel [00:03:59] https://youtu.be/3Fqt9VpoXWU 4 comments documentaries
- Researcher discovers another astronomy book written by Galileo Galilei https://www.medievalists.net/2022/10/researcher-discovers-another-astronomy-book-written-by-galileo-galilei/ 42 comments books
- Research attributes astronomical treatise to Galileo Galilei https://phys.org/news/2022-10-attributes-pseudonymous-astronomical-treatise-galileo.html 4 comments history
- A really cool Apollo 15 experiment on the Moon performed by commander David Scott in 1971. They simultaneously dropped a feather and a hammer and so, some 400 years later, confirmed predictions made by Galileo Galilei. https://moon.nasa.gov/resources/331/the-apollo-15-hammer-feather-drop/ 3 comments science
- 10 Quotes Of Wisdom By Galileo Galilei https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gq7w79d5buy 3 comments philosophy
- On this day, in 1616, Galileo Galilei was formally banned by the Catholic church from teaching the view that the Earth orbits the Sun. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/galileo_affair 100 comments europe
- "Eppur si muove" - The facts and myths behind Galileo Galilei's famous quote https://grepless.com/c/history/eppur-si-muove-the-facts-and-myths-behind-gali 12 comments history
- Happy 456th birthday to Galileo Galilei, Italian astronomer and physicist widely regarded as one of the founding fathers of modern science https://blogofthecosmos.com/2020/02/15/a-trailblazer-of-science/ 114 comments italy
- Today is Galileo Galilei's 455th birthday. Though the Renaissance man's scientific achievements at first drew acclaim and privilege, they later brought him into conflict with Catholic doctrine, which ended in humiliation and house arrest. http://www.astronomy.com/news/2019/02/experience-galileos-italy-for-his-455th-birthday 6 comments space
- 409 years ago today, Galileo Galilei discovered the first three moons of Jupiter: Io, Europa & Ganymede. http://solarviews.com/eng/galdisc.htm 39 comments space
- Galileo Galilei, trovata la lettera che gli costò lʼaccusa di eresia: risale al 1613 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-06769-4?utm_source=twt_nnc&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=naturenews&sf198135178=1 49 comments italy
- How powerful were telescopes used by Galileo Galilei and Giovanni Cassini? https://www.reddit.com/r/askscience/comments/7unxvs/how_powerful_were_telescopes_used_by_galileo/ 4 comments askscience
- In a first, Galileo Galilei’s gravity experiment is re-created in space. The result? Einstein was right yet again. The experiment confirms a tenet of Einstein’s theory of gravity with greater precision than ever before. https://www.sciencenews.org/article/first-galileo-gravity-experiment-re-created-space-einstein 218 comments space
- A trio of Lego figurines are aboard the Juno spacecraft, each representing important discoveries about the largest planet in our solar system. The Lego pieces are crafted in the likeness of Galileo Galilei, who discovered 4 of Jupiter's moons in 1610, the Roman god Jupiter and Jupiter's wife Juno. http://mashable.com/2016/07/05/juno-orbiting-jupiter-legos/#o11yt1jf.mq0 13 comments space
- Scientists of Europe: Galileo Galilei https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/justus_sustermans_-_portrait_of_galileo_galilei%2C_1636.jpg/640px-justus_sustermans_-_portrait_of_galileo_galilei%2C_1636.jpg 9 comments europe
- Three LEGO figurines will fly to Jupiter on NASA’s Juno spacecraft. They're representing the Roman god Jupiter (right), his wife Juno (middle) and Galileo Galilei (left). https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3b/lego_figurines_aboard_juno.jpg 20 comments space
- At least 500 classical books, which were stolen from Italian libraries three years ago, were returned by German authorities on Friday. Polish Renaissance mathematician, Nicolaus Copernicus, and Italian physicist, Galileo Galilei, authored some of the books that are worth over 2.5 million euros. http://webandtechs.com/2015/02/over-500-stolen-books-worth-2-5-million-euros-returned/ 35 comments worldnews
- At least 500 classical books, which were stolen from Italian libraries three years ago, were returned by German authorities on Friday. Polish Renaissance mathematician, Nicolaus Copernicus, and Italian physicist, Galileo Galilei, authored some of the books that are worth over 2.5 million euros. http://webandtechs.com/2015/02/over-500-stolen-books-worth-2-5-million-euros-returned/ 211 comments books
- The German state of Bavaria has returned more than 500 stolen books to the Italian city of Naples. The collection, which includes works by Galileo Galilei, is estimated to be worth 2.5 million euros ($2.8 million). http://www.dw.de/bavaria-returns-stolen-books-worth-millions-to-naples/a-18257040 20 comments worldnews
- 15 cose che (forse) non sapete su Galileo Galilei http://www.wired.it/play/cultura/2014/02/14/15-cose-galileo-galilei/ 11 comments italy
- More than 400 years after its discovery by astronomer Galileo Galilei, the largest moon in the solar system, Jupiter's moon Ganymede, has a global geologic map. http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?news_id=46472 4 comments space
- On Febuary 13, 1633, Galileo Galilei arrived in Rome to stand trial before the Inquisition. http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/galileo/galileoaccount.html 23 comments history
- Galileo Galilei's The Starry Messenger was published 400 years ago this month, reporting the discovery of the moons of Jupiter, lunar mountain ranges, and the nature of the Milky Way ("nothing else than a mass of innumerable stars"). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/sidereus_nuncius 6 comments science
- Why Do We Call Galileo Galilei by His First Name? http://www.slate.com/id/2225718/ 83 comments science
- VATICAN CITY: Galileo Galilei is going from heretic to hero. http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/12/23/europe/eu-vatican-rehabilitating-galileo.php 27 comments science
