Galileo Resources
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Galileo Web Sites
Telescopes from the Ground Up
The Galileo Project, Rice University.
The Galileo Project is a source of information on the life and work of Galileo Galilei (1564-1642).
Galileo’s battle for the heavens
Web page to support the NOVA TV show and DVD, it includes historical background information, interactive experiments, teacher’s guides, links to other resources and list of books.
Works by and about Galileo in OSU Library
The achievement of Galileo / edited with notes by James Brophy and Henry Paolucci;
with an introduction by Henry Paolucci;
preface to new edition by Anne Paolucci.
Smyrna, DE : Griffon House Publications, c2001
Galileo on the world systems : a new abridged translation and guide / Maurice A. Finocchiaro.
Berkeley : University of California Press, c1997
Galileo on the world systems [computer file] : a new abridged translation and guide / Maurice A. Finocchiaro.
Berkeley : University of California Press, c1997
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Video Resources
Genius [videorecording] : the science of Einstein, Feynman, Newton, Darwin, and Galileo / WGBH Educational Foundation
[S. Burlington, Vt.] : WGBH Boston Video, c2006
Compiled by Mary W. Scott, Geology Librarian, Orton Memorial Library of Geology.
Maintained by Patti Dittoe, Geology Library Webmaster.
Created September 19, 2008/Updated September 22, 2008.