Today's installment concludes Galileo's Discoveries,our selection from Pioneers of Science by Sir Oliver Lodge published in 1893. For works
Galileo Discovers Moons of Jupiter
Jupiter, then, had moons like the earth -- four of them in fact! -- and they revolved round him in periods which were soon determined.Continuing
Galileo’s Telescope
Such a thing as Galileo made may now be bought at a toy-shop for I suppose half a crown, and yet what a potentiality lay in that "glazed optic tube,"
Galileo Advocates Copernicus’ Theory
Kepler urged him to publish his arguments in favor of the Copernican theory, but he hesitated for the present, knowing that his declaration would be
Galileo Experiments With Falling Objects
These doctrines of antiquity, which had come down hoary with age, and the discovery of which had reawakened learning and quickened intellectual life,
Galileo’s Discoveries
This series has six easy 5 minute installments. This first installment: His Birth and Youth.IntroductionWhen the Copernican system of astronomy
Galileo Recants – 3
Today's installment concludes Galileo Recants,our selection by Sir Oliver Lodge.If you have journeyed through all of the installments of this
Galileo Recants – 2
This sarcasm, if it had been in print, would probably have been dangerous.Continuing Galileo Recants,our selection from Sir Oliver Lodge. The
Galileo Recants
This series has three easy 5 minute installments.IntroductionFrom Socrates to Galileo, as from the Church's early martyrs to its latest victims,