The classic image of Galileo Galilei has the 16th century Italian scientist dropping two balls of differing weights from the Leaning Tower of Pisa and observing them hitting the ground at the same ...

For nearly a century, the library at the University of Michigan had proudly displayed the so-called "Galileo manuscript" — a document believed to be written by the famous astronomer Galileo Galilei.

In basketball, legends are often known by first name alone: LeBron, Kobe, Michael. Same with entertainers: Madonna, Cher, Beyoncé. But lists of scientific legends almost always include surnames, never ...

Galileo Galilei was the founder of modern physics. To assess such a claim requires that we make a giant leap of the imagination to transport us to a state of ignorance about even the most elementary ...

Galileo Galilei, “martyr of science” in the picturesque 19th-­century expression, has undoubtedly attracted more biographers than Copernicus, Kepler, Newton and Einstein combined. His run-in with the ...

Alison Abbott is a writer in Munich, Germany. Galileo and the Science Deniers Mario Livio Simon & Schuster (2020) Is there room in the crowded canon for a new biography of Galileo Galilei?

“FATHER of modern physics – indeed, of modern science altogether.” That is Albert Einstein’s verdict on Galileo Galilei. But you won’t find this quote in John Heilbron’s scholarly biography. Instead, ...