Selected Internet Resources

Understanding of Galileo's life and work can be enhanced by studying related topics not covered in the original text written for the Galileo Project. Direct connection to the World Wide Web makes accessing remotely held resources and exhibits simple. The following list of resources has been collected for inclusion in the Galileo Project. Please be patient when using them; some are located on computers in Europe, some include large inline images, both of which slow access speed.

• Web sites about Galileo

  • The Galileo Room from the History of Science's Multimedia Catalogue

  • The Art of Renaissance Science: Galileo and Perspective

  • Domus Galilæana
    A web based in Pisa about Galileo (in Italian).

    La biblioteca telematica: autori G

    Galileo's works in the original Latin and Italian.

• Modern Astronomy Resources
  • Views Of The Solar System
  • SAL GIF Gallery
  • The World Wide Web:Astronomy
  • Astronomy and Astrophysics on the Web
  • Astronomical Pictures & Animations
  • Regional Planetary Facility

• History of Science
  • Société Française d'Histoire des Sciences et des Techniques
  • Jesuits and the Sciences, 1540-1995
  • University of Bologna Museum of Astronomy
  • History of Astronomy Web Page

• The World of the Church
  • Vatican Exhibit Main Hall

• Miscellaneous
  • Rice University
    • Department of History
    • Center for Technology in Teaching and Learning
    • Fondren Library

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