Directory of Galileo Resources

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This category lists pages and sites about the life of Italian physicist and astronomer Galileo Galilei (1564-1642), who first used a telescope to study the heavens.

Resources in This Category

• Galileo Galilei

  http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Mathematicians/Galileo.html
  Biography, with links to related Internet sites.

• Galileo Galilei

  http://www.pbs.org/wnet/hawking/cosmostar/html/cstars_galileo.html
  Short biography and sketch from PBS.

• Galileo Galilei

  http://www-gap.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Mathematicians/Galileo.html
  Basic biography, including history and science topic links, honors awarded to him, and links to other biographies.

• Galileo Galilei

  http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/whos_who_level2/galileo.html
  Short profile of the Italian physicist and astronomer.

• Galileo Galilei - Astronomy Rebel With a Cause

  http://space.about.com/cs/astronomerbios/a/galileobio.htm
  Read about the life and work of this astronomer who went from genius to heretic and back again.

• Galileo Galilei: Astronomer and Physicist

  http://www.lucidcafe.com/library/96feb/galileo.html
  Short biography along with links to related resources.

• The Galileo Project

  http://galileo.rice.edu/
  Hypertext resource on life and work of Galileo Galilei.

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