While Galileo Galilei fancied himself a strong purveyor of both the scientific ... An affirmation of those teachings, thanks to Galileo’s enhancement of the telescope, has proved unsatisfactory to the ...

Galileo Galilei was the founder of modern physics ... And he succeeded in making a telescope of the sort familiar to everyone today who has seen an elementary book on optics.

It was in 1610 that the father of modern astronomy Galileo Galilei first spotted Saturn’s spectacular rings – although through his pioneering but primitive telescope he likened them more to ...

Galileo Galilei made an important discovery about Venus much later. He observed the planet not only waxing and waning through a telescope, but also appearing to change size. This showed him the ...

I am Galileo Galilei, a scientist from Italy and I am ... to see my 'How To' film on creating your own telescope. Bye-ee! This vlog style film recreates a famous experiment in which Galileo ...