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Tuscan mathematician, physicist, astronomer and inventor whose works on astronomy and motion played a prominent role in the scientific revolution
Galileo Galilei
Works
- The Ancient and Modern Doctrine of Holy Fathers, and Iudicious Divines, Concerning The rash citation of the Testimony of the Sacred Scripture, in Conclusions meerly Natural, and that may be proved by Sensible Experiments, and Necessary Demonstrations, in Mathematical Collections and Translations, vol. 1 (1661; translated by Thomas Salusbury) (external scan)
- Operations of the Geometric and Military Compass (1606)
- The Sidereal Messenger (1610)
- Discourse on Bodies on or in Water (1612) (external scan)
- Letters on Sunspots (1613)
- Letter to the Grand Duchess Christina (c. 1615) from Discoveries and Opinions of Galileo (1957) – Copyrighted in the United States until 2053 due to (Renewal: RE242682 )
- The Assayer (1623)
- Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems (1632) (external scans (multiple parts): 1, 2)
- Two New Sciences (1638)
Collected works
- Le Opere di Galileo Galilei (1890-1909), edited by Antonio Favaro
Works about Galileo
- "The Trial of Galileo" by in Popular Science Monthly, 10 (February 1877)
- Chapter VI "Galilei" in A Short History of Astronomy by Arthur Berry (1898)
- "Galileo I" by in Popular Science Monthly, 66 (January 1905)
- "Galileo II" by in Popular Science Monthly, 66 (February 1905)
- "Galileo III" by in Popular Science Monthly, 67 (May 1905)
- "Galileo IV" by in Popular Science Monthly, 67 (June 1905)
- Life of Galileo Galilei: With Illustrations of the Advancement of Experimental Philosophy (1832), by John Elliot Drinkwater (external scan)
- The Private Life of Galileo by Mary Allan-Olney (1870) (external scan)
- Galileo Galilei and the Roman Curia (1879) by Karl von Gebler (external scan)
- Galileo, His Life and Work by John Joseph Fahie (1903) (external scan)
- Mitchell, Walter M. "The History of the Discovery of the Solar Spots" in Popular Astronomy, vol. 24 (1916).
- Galileo by Walter William Bryant (1918)
- McCabe, Joseph. The Truth about Galileo and Medieval Science (1926) due to (Renewal: R125715 )
- Inquisition proceedings against Galileo from The Galileo Affair: A Documentary History (1989).
Encyclopedias
- "Galileo Galilei," in The American Cyclopædia (1879)
- "Galileo," in The Nuttall Encyclopædia, (ed.) by James Wood, London: Frederick Warne and Co., Ltd. (1907)
- "Galileo Galilei," by John Gerard in Catholic Encyclopedia, (ed.) by Charles G. Herbermann and others, New York: The Encyclopaedia Press (1913)
- "Galileo Galilei," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911).
- "Galileo," in The New Student's Reference Work, Chicago: F.E. Compton and Co. (1914)
Works by this author published before January 1, 1927 are in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago. Translations or editions published later may be copyrighted. Posthumous works may be copyrighted based on how long they have been published in certain countries and areas.
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