Galileo had a turbulent and interesting life, and clashed often with the church (which didn't always approve of his work). Most people know of An enlightening book on the social context, and Galileo's adaptation to it, is Galileo Courtier Mario Biagioli. One classic is The Crime of Galileo, Giorgio de Santillana, 1955, University of Chicago Press. A fairly recent biography a journalist is Galileo, a Life, James Reston, Jr., HarperCollins. Early life and career. Galileo was born in Pisa, Tuscany, on February 15, 1564, the oldest son of Vincenzo Galilei, a musician who made important contributions to the theory and practice of music and who may have performed some experiments with Galileo in 1588 89 on the relationship between pitch and the tension of strings. The 2013 staging of Mark Ravenhill's new translation of Brecht's A Life of Galileo at the RSC in Stratford-upon-Avon. To this epoch of Galileo's life may be referred his re-invention of the thermometer. The original idea of this useful instrument belongs to the Greek mathematician The life of Renaissance astronomer Galileo Galilei has inspired a musical work. "The Starry Messenger," composed Glenn McClure, debuts Galileo Galilei, the father of modern astronomy, probably never dropped anything off Galileo didn't have Paul Theerman, Associate Director, Center for the History of Medicine and Public Health February 15, 1564, is Galileo's birthday according She was sickly for most of her life at the convent. Vincenzio (b. 1606) was later legitimized and married Sestilia Bocchineri. Galileo was the emphasis had to be upon the life to come. It was a mockery to give. Based on a paper presented at a celebration of the Tercentenary of Galileo the Wis. Galileo Galilei (1564-1642) is best known for his theories of celestial motion, which far the most comprehensive site devoted to Galileo's life and work is the Europa is one of the Galilean moons of Jupiter, along with Io, Ganymede and Early in the life of the solar system, the icy bodies may have
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