Adapted from an essay by Saswato R. Das on Galileo's contribution to science. Galileo Galilei, born in 1564 in Pisa, Italy, is considered by many to be the father of modern science.

In August, we reported that a letter presumably written by Galileo Galilei—part of the collection of the University of Michigan's library—was actually a forgery, along with a similar document ...

The headlines would belong to Galileo Galilei when he pointed a long wooden tube inset with glass lenses at the moon in November 1609, and began to draw his place into history. But unbeknownst to ...

In the first book of his epic poem Paradise Lost, John Milton mentions a “Tuscan Artist” who views the moon’s orb through optic glass.He is referring, somewhat perplexingly, to Galileo Galilei, the ...

The real notes on Jupiter's moon are part of the Sidereus Nuncius Dossier at the Florence National Central Library. This undated file image shows an etching of astronomer Galileo Galilei.

He was born in Tuscany, Italy in 1564, when parents frequently provided their sons with personal names inspired by their traditional family identifiers. In fact, Galileo’s forebearers actually used ...

A manuscript attributed to Galileo Galilei found to be a forgery in August has led to the discovery that a different, controversial book was authored by the celebrated Italian astronomer.

Galileo climbed to the top of his house on Nov. 30, 1609, and used one of his early telescopes to observe the Moon. ... Galileo Galilei was an Italian mathematician born in 1564 in Pisa.

Adapted from an essay by Saswato R. Das on Galileo's contribution to science. Galileo Galilei, born in 1564 in Pisa, Italy, is considered by many to be the father of modern science.