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BBC Online: Galileo - http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/galilei_galileo.shtml
In-depth look at Galileo's life and his significance.

CCD Images from a Galilean Telescope - http://www.pacifier.com/~tpope/
Describes the construction and use of a modern replica of Galileo's telescope. Includes photographs taken through it showing approximately what he would have seen.

Galileo and Einstein - http://www.phys.virginia.edu/classes/109N/home.html
A lecture course by Michael Fowler of the University of Virginia: History of Astronomy from ancient Greece to Relativity.

Galileo and Einstein - http://galileoandeinstein.physics.virginia.edu/
A resource for a University of Virginia physics course, with lecture notes.

Galileo Galilei - http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Mathematicians/Galileo.html
Biography, with links to related internet sites.

Galileo Galilei - Astronomy Rebel With a Cause - http://space.about.com/cs/astronomerbios/a/galileobio.htm
Concise biography.

Galileo Galilei (1564-1642) - http://www.hao.ucar.edu/Public/education/bios/galileo.html
Features information about college education, studies about bodies in motion, and becoming famous. Describes the impact of the scientist's invention of the telescope on ancient cosmological beliefs. Includes bibliography.

Galileo Galilei's Notes on Motion - http://www.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/Galileo_Prototype/
High resolution scans of "Manuscript 72" pertaining to the theorems on motion published in the Discorsi.

Galileo: Letter to the Grand Duchess Christina - http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/galileo-tuscany.html
Galileo's great defense of the independence of science from religious authority.

Multimedia Catalogue - Room IV Galileo Galilei - http://brunelleschi.imss.fi.it/genindice.asp?appl=SIM&indice=54&xsl=listaspazi&lingua=ENG&chiave=600004
Virtual tour and descriptions of Galilean artifacts on display at the History of Science Museum, Florence, Italy. Includes biographical links and notes.

The Galileo Project - http://galileo.rice.edu/
An extensive resource on the life, the times, and the work of Galileo Galilei.

The Life and Work of Galileo (1564-1642) - http://www.skyscript.co.uk/galileo.html
A detailed account of Galileo's early influences and summary of important events in his efforts to prove heliocentricity.

Trial of Galileo Galilei - http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/galileo/galileo.html
A collection of primary documents, essays, ancient texts, maps, photos, paintings and other materials relating to the trial in 1633.

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