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Category: Historical Events

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

Decree of Approval for the work “Elements of Astronomy” by Giuseppe Settele, in support of the heliocentric system (1820)

17 Jul 2017

Giuseppe Settele and the final annulment of the decree of 1616 against Copernicanism

17 Jul 2017

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