As a founding father in the fields of physics and astronomy, Galileo Galilei is known for countless contributions to science. The Italian thinker stressed a methodical, mathematical approach to ...

1. Galileo was born in 1564. His father, Vincenzo Galilei, was a composer and lute player. Galileo also grew up to be an accomplished lutenist. 2. His astronomical discoveries were due to his ...

FOUR hundred years ago today, on February 26, 1616, the great Italian astronomer Galileo Galilei was banned by the Roman Catholic Church from teaching or defending the view that the earth orbits the ...

In an interview this week with the Peruvian daily El Comercio, physics expert Fr. Manuel Carreira clarified numerous and often misunderstood details about the life of Galileo, also touching on the ...