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• BBC Online: Galileo

  http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/galilei_galileo.shtml
  In-depth look at Galileo's life and his significance.

• Galileo and Einstein

  http://galileoandeinstein.physics.virginia.edu/
  A resource for a University of Virginia physics course, with lecture notes.

• Galileo and Einstein

  http://www.phys.virginia.edu/classes/109N/home.html
  A lecture course by Michael Fowler of the University of Virginia: History of Astronomy from ancient Greece to Relativity.

• Galileo Galilei

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

• Galileo Galilei - Astronomy Rebel With a Cause

  http://space.about.com/cs/astronomerbios/a/galileobio.htm
  Concise biography.

• Galileo: Letter to the Grand Duchess Christina

  http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/galileo-tuscany.asp
  Galileo's great defense of the independence of science from religious authority.

• Multimedia Catalogue - Room IV Galileo Galilei

  http://brunelleschi.imss.fi.it/genindice.asp?appl=SIM&indice=54&xsl=listaspazi&lingua=ENG&chiave=600004
  Virtual tour and descriptions of Galilean artifacts on display at the History of Science Museum, Florence, Italy. Includes biographical links and notes.

• The Galileo Project

  http://galileo.rice.edu/
  An extensive resource on the life, the times, and the work of Galileo Galilei.

• The Life and Work of Galileo (1564-1642)

  http://www.skyscript.co.uk/galileo.html
  A detailed account of Galileo's early influences and summary of important events in his efforts to prove heliocentricity.

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