he Galileo Project is a
hypertext source of information on the life and work of Galileo Galilei
(1564-1642) and the science of his time. The project is supported by the
Office of the Vice President of Computing of Rice University. The initial
stages were made possible by a grant from the Council on Library Resources
to Fondren Library.
Albert Van Helden
Elizabeth Burr
- Developers
- Copyright
- Comments and Questions
- Family Quarters
- Text about Galileo's family can be found in this room.
- Laboratory
- Information about Galileo's inquiries in mechanics (physics) is available in this room.
- Portrait Gallery
- Collections of browsable thumbnail images will be available in this room when construction is finished. These images will be grouped topically; cardinals and other church officials will be collected in one set of portraits, astronomers in another.
- Receiving Parlor
- This room contains links to texts about Galileo's career, including biographies of his patrons and accounts of the universities with which he was associated.
- Chapel
- In addition to information about the Inquisition, this room includes links to biographies of important church figures.
- Library
- The bibliography of the Galileo Project is found in the library. Additionally, links about authors and books which played significant roles in Galileo's career are also included in this room.
- Instrument Closet
- Text and images about the instruments used by Galileo to perform his experiments and observations are located in this room.
- Observing Terrace
- Among the many links found in the Observatory are accounts of Galileo's discoveries of Jupiter's moons, biographies of other contemporary astronomers and accounts of cosmologies. In this room, there is a link to a collection of Internet resources for modern astronomy and astrophysics; this collection includes links to stellar images from space agencies and national observatories.
- Table Of Contents for Topics
- A list of Galileo Project texts, sorted into three groups: people, places, and things.
- Catalog of the Scientific Community of the 16th and 17th Centuries
- A searchable database of detailed histories of over 600 individuals who made significant contributions to Western science. These histories have been compiled by Richard S. Westfall, Department of History and Philosophy of Science at Indiana University.
- Glossary of Terms
- A glossary of terms found in the Galileo Project.
- Bibliography
- A list the sources cited in the project.
- Selected Internet Resources
- Network resources and exhibits of interest to users of the Galileo Project.
- Central Europe
- Italy
- Florence
- Astronomy
- Observations with a Galilean telescope.
- Recreating Galileo's astronomical findings.
- Experiments
- The pendulum, parabola, and inclined plane.
- The inclined plane and musical pitch.
- Trial
- Galileo's subjection to the Inquisition.
- The Medieval and Spanish Inquisitions.
- Culture
- Florence and Tuscany
Introduction
Galileo's Villa
Resources
Maps of Galileo's World
Timeline of Galileo's Life & Era
- 1560
| 1570
| 1580
| 1590
| 1600
| 1610
| 1620
| 1630
| 1640
Student Work
Please note the icon bar below, a navigation aid that will appear on all subsequent pages. It allows you to access any of the categories listed above from any point in the Galileo Project. Thus, for example, to return to this Homepage, click on the Intro icon in the iconbar.
If you experience any problems with the Galileo Project or have any comments, please send e-mail to [email protected].
August 5, 1996
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