Author:Galileo Galilei

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Galileo Galilei (1564–1642)

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Galileo Galilei

Works

• The Ancient and Modern Doctrine of Holy Fathers, and Iudicious Divines, Concerning The rash citation of the Testimony of the Sacred Scripture, in Conclusions meerly Natural, and that may be proved by Sensible Experiments, and Necessary Demonstrations, in Mathematical Collections and Translations, vol. 1 (1661; translated by Thomas Salusbury)[1]
• Operations of the Geometric and Military Compass (1606)
• The Sidereal Messenger (1610) [2]
• Discourse on Bodies on or in Water (1612)[3]
• Letters on Sunspots (1613)
• Letter to the Grand Duchess Christina (c. 1615) from Discoveries and Opinions of Galileo (1957) — Copyrighted in the United States due to Renewal RE242682
• The Assayer (1623)
• Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems (1632)[4][5]
• Two New Sciences (1638)

Collected works

• Le Opere di Galileo Galilei (1890-1909)

Works about Galileo

• “Galileo Galilei,” in Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913.
• “Galileo,” The New Student's Reference Work, Chicago: F.E. Compton and Co., 1914.
• Holden, Edward S. "Galileo" in The Popular Science Monthly, vol. 67 (1905).
• McCabe, Joseph. The Truth about Galileo and Medieval Science (1926) — Copyrighted in the United States due to Renewal R125715
• Mézières, Alfred. "The Trial of Galileo" in The Popular Science Monthly, vol. 10 (1877).
• Mitchell, Walter M. "The History of the Discovery of the Solar Spots" in Popular Astronomy, vol. 24 (1916).
• Inquisition proceedings against Galileo from The Galileo Affair: A Documentary History (1989).

Works by this author published before January 1, 1923 are in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago. Translations or editions published later may be copyrighted. Posthumous works may be copyrighted based on how long they have been published in certain countries and areas.