History of Astronomy : Persons : Persons (G)

Galilei, Galileo

Born: February 15, 1564, Pisa
Died: January 8, 1642, Arcetri (near Florence)

Physicist, astronomer, mathematician, philosopher, inventor

Note: Often called simply Galileo. This have to be taken into account when searching the Web or data bases.

External documents

Biographies, bibliographies and references

• Biographical data and references
• Short biography and references (MacTutor Hist. Math.)
• Short biography and references (in German)
• Biography
• Biography
  From the Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913
• Short biography and references
• Short biography and links
• Short biography (3 Dec 1998: disappeared)
• Short biography (Eric Weisstein's Treasure Trove)
• Very short biography
• Britannica Online entries
• The Galileo Project by Albert Van Helden
• Domus Galilaeana (in Italian)
  A centre of documentation and study on the works of Galileo (16 Nov 1995: texts in English no longer available)
• Andrea (3 Dec 1998: disappeared)
  A virtual exhibition on the scientific thought of Galileo.
• The Art of Renaissance Science: Galileo and Perspective by Joseph W. Dauben (or see mirror 1 or mirror 2)
• History of Science Museum, Florence, Room IV: Galileo Galilei
• History 333: Galileo in Context
• The Galileo Affair, by George Sim Johnston
  From Catholic issues
• Recent History of the Vatican and the Galileo Case
• Astronomy Picture of the Day: Galileo Demonstrates the Telescope
• Il principio classico di relatività in Galileo (in Italian)
• The International Galilean bibliography (1965 - 1995)
• Bibliography
• Bibliography (Library of Congress entries)
• Sunspot observations
• Dialogo sopra i due massimi sistemi del mondo, Florence, 1632
• Dialogus de Systemate mundi, Elezevir, 1635
• Sidereus Nuncius, Venice, 1610
  CD-ROM edition
• Galileo Galilei's Notes on Motion (Or see Mirror in Florence.)
  Ms. Gal. 72. Electronic Representation of the Manuscript
• References (Library of Congress entries)
• References (ADS entries)
• References (more ADS entries)
• Biography Index of personalities connected to Galileo

Search also in:

• Biographical Index to Sky and Telescope by Kevin Krisciunas (Or see here.)
• Planetary Nomenclature Alphabetic Index
• World Biographical Index

Places

• Galileo's Mementoes in Padova
• Galileo's Grave in Santa Croce Church, Florence, Italy

Namings

• Galileo space probe
• Istituto Galilei - Institute of Italian Language "Galileo Galilei", Florence, Italy

Further links

• Links to WWW sources
• Find more about Galilei with Alta Vista

Wolfgang R. Dick. Created: 4 Dec 1998. Latest update: 21 Aug 2002