Galileo

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The Mahalo Top 7

1. Wikipedia: Galileo Galilei
2. NOVA: Galileo's Battle for the Heavens
3. Wolfram Research: Galileo Galilei (1564-1642)
4. The Galileo Project: Galileo
5. The Galilean Library: "The Galileo Affair" (2005)
6. NASA: World Book Encyclopedia: Galileo
7. University of Oklahoma: The Works of Galileo

Galileo Background and Profiles

• StarChild: Galileo Galilei
• The Galileo Project: Galileo Chronological Timeline
• Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy: Galileo Galilei
• PBS: Galileo Galilei
• Museum Victoria: Galileo Galilei (1564–1642)
• The Wessex Astrologer: The Irrepressible Galileo Galilei

Galileo Early Life

• The Galileo Project: Early Life | Galileo Family Life
• 20-20 Site: Galileo's Childhood 
• NASA Quest: Galileo Galilei: The Early Years
• University of Oklahoma: The Works of Galileo: Early Years

Galileo and the Pendulum

• Tel-Aviv University: The Pendulum
• The Galileo Project: Pendulum Clock | Galileo's Pendulum Experiments
• ConneXions: Galileo and the Pendulum

Galileo and the Telescope

• Space Telescope Science Institute: Galileo's Refractor
• ConneXions: Galileo's Telescope
• Astronomy 161: Galileo: the Telescope & the Laws of Dynamics
• The Galileo Project: Galileo's Telescope
• University of Cambridge: The Telescope
• Galileo and Einstein: Galileo and the Telescope
• NOVA: His Telescope (and Sir Isaac's)

Galileo and the Thermometer

• Wikipedia: Galileo Thermometer
• The Galileo Project: The Thermometer
• BBC: G is for Galileo

Galileo and the Compass

• Institute and Museum of the History of Science: Galileo's Compass: History of an Invention  
• Poli-Cultura: Galileo's Compass (Paolo Galluzzi - Filippo Camerota)
• Il Laboratorio di Galileo Galilei: Il Compasso Geometrico Militare

Galileo and Motion

• The Galileo Project: On Motion
• Galileo: Galileo's Acceleration Experiment
• Institute and Museum of the History of Science: Galileo's Notes on Motion
• McMurry University: Galileo and the Mathematics of Motion: Part I | Part II: Galileo's Analysis of Projectile Motion

Galileo and Astronomy

• Galileo Journey to Jupiter: The Discovery of the Galilean Satellites
• Astronomy 161: The Starry Messenger
• Important Millennium Achievers: Galileo Galilei

Galileo's Inquisition

• Modern History Sourcebook: The Crime of Galileo
• University of California Riverside: Galileo and the Inquisition
• Catholic League: Galileo and the Catholic Church
• Answers Research Journal: The Galileo Affair: History or Heroic Hagiography? (54 KB) 
• The New York Times: "Vatican Science Panel Told By Pope: Galileo Was Right" (1992) 

Galileo's Trial

• Institute and Museum of the History of Science: Galileo's Trial
• University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law: Galileo's Trial
• Catholic Answers: The Galileo Controversy

Galileo Images and Media

• Teachers' Domain: Multimedia Resources: Galileo
• Google Image Search: Galileo Images
• Live Search Images: Galileo Images
• Yahoo! Image Search: Galileo Images
• YouTube Video: Carl Sagan reads from Pale Blue Dot - Galileo (Time: 7:40)

Galileo Books and Research

• Google Book Search: Galileo Books
• Amazon.com: Galileo Books
• Barnes & Noble: Galileo Books
• Google Scholar Search: Galilio

Galileo in Popular Culture

• NPR: Galileo's Letters Inspire a Musical Tribute 
• Athanasius Kircher Society: Galileo's Middle Finger 
• Fantastic Plastic: "Galileo" Atomic-Powered Moon Rocket from "Rocketship Galileo" (1947)
• IMDb: Galileo (1975) 

Galileo Timeline

• 1564: February 18, Born in Italy in the city of Pisa
• 1574: Family moves to Florence
• 1581: Enrolls in the University of Pisa to pursue a degree in medicine
• 1585: Galileo leaves the University of Pisa without having obtained a degree
• 1589: Hired as a lecturer in mathematics at the University of Pisa and preforms his experiments on motion
• 1591: Vincenzo Galilei, Galileo's father dies
• 1592: Begins teaching at the University of Padua
• 1597: Invents the military compass
• 1606: Develops a primitive thermometer
• 1609: August, Develops his own telescope
• 1609: Discovers uneven surface of the moon
• 1610: Discovers four moons orbiting Jupiter
• 1610: Publication of Sidereus Nuncius
• 1610: Leaves Padua to take a new, more lucrative position in Tuscany
• 1614: Tommasso Caccini attacks Galileo in sermon in Florence
• 1615: Goes to Rome to defend his Copernican ideas
• 1615: Cardinal Bellarmine orders Galileo to cease in his support of heliocentricity
• 1623: Permission given for The Assayer to be printed
• 1632: Printing of Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems completed
• 1632: Inquisition by Pope Urban VIII bans further printing of the Dialogue
• 1632: September, Summoned to The Inquisition in Rome
• 1633: April, Galileo is interrogated and detained in the building till the 30th
• 1633: April 30, Galileo admits that he may have made the Copernican case to strong
• 1633: December, Pope Urban VIII decides that he will be imprisoned for an indefinite period
• 1633: Placed under house arrest for what turned out to be the rest of his life
• 1638: Dialogue Concerning Two New Sciences is published
• 1642: January 8, Death of Galileo