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Category: Historical Events

Galileo’s Religion

By Faith and Science  |  19 Mar 2025  |  Resources

The Dawn of Modern Cosmology, From Copernicus to Newton

By Faith and Science  |  7 Aug 2024  |  Resources

Galileo – A Quick Summary

By Faith and Science  |  23 Jun 2021  |  Historical Events

Galileo in Rome: The Rise and Fall of a Troublesome Genius

23 Feb 2021  |  Bellarmine and the Church

Galileo’s Newly-Discovered Letter

1 Feb 2019

Discovery of Galileo’s long-lost letter

1 Oct 2018

La astronomía de Ptolomeo y el caso Galileo: dos aportes histórico-epistemológicos

6 Sep 2018

Galileo Revisited: The Galileo Affair in Context

5 Jul 2018

Galileo’s Jesuit Connections and Their Influence on His Science

2 Nov 2017

Popular perceptions of Galileo

30 Oct 2017

On Sunspots – Galileo Galilei and Christoph Scheiner

2 Sep 2017

Opposition to Galileo was scientific, not just religious

17 Aug 2017

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