The drama of Galileo's trial by the Inquisition in 1633 has cast him as a renegade astronomer who scoffed at the Bible and drew fire from a Church blind to reason. Indeed, the myth of the martyred ...

In the 17th century Venetian Republic, professor and scientist Galileo Galilei hears about a new invention – the telescope – and creates one of his own. While the new tool unlocks a universe of ...

Galileo Galilei was the founder of modern physics ... with its capital at Florence and the second city at Pisa, his birthplace. The de Medici family ruled. Next to Tuscany was the state led ...

But what is the primary cause of the tides there and elsewhere? Despite what frequent Venice visitor Galileo Galilei thought, tides are indeed related to the motion of the moon (and to a lesser ...

On a cold January day in 1642, Galileo Galilei took his last breath, silenced by age but never by the inquisitors who tried to break his spirit. Exactly 300 years later, on January 8, 1942 ...

Hopping aboard an ATAF bus is another option. To get into the city, many travelers fly into Galileo Galilei Airport (PSA) in Pisa, making a pit stop at its Leaning Tower before taking the train to ...

Galileo Galilei was born on February 15, 1564 in Pisa, Italy, to Vincenzo Galilei, a famous musician, and Giulia Ammannati, a housewife. The eldest of six children, he went to school in a ...

GALILEO: Good morning, guys, I hope you're having a lovely day. I am Galileo Galilei, a scientist from Italy and I am the man who is making some exciting discoveries around force and I am here ...