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Historian Finds Scribbles in 500-Year-Old Book, Showing Galileo Galilei’s Slow and Steady Rejection of the Geocentric World

In January, while examining ancient texts at Italy’s National Central Library of Florence, historian Ivan Malara found an ...
Morning Overview on MSN

Scribbles in 500-year-old book expose Galileo’s quiet revolt

Historian Ivan Malara has identified handwritten annotations by Galileo Galilei in the margins of a roughly 500-year-old copy of Ptolemy’s Almagest, according to a report in Nature. The notes, dated ...
Greek Reporter

Lost Notes of Galileo Reveal He Closely Studied Greek Astronomer Ptolemy

Lost notes reveal Galileo closely studied the ancient Greek astronomer Ptolemy, offering fresh insight into his early scientific thinking.

Historian Finds Copy of 16th-Century Astronomy Textbook—Belonging to Galileo

The renowned physicist, mathematician, and philosopher would later reject the ideas presented in this very book.
Smithsonian Magazine

A Scholar Recognized the Inscriptions in the Margins of This Manuscript. The Scribbles Turned Out to Be Galileo’s Handwritten Notes

Found in a 16th-century copy of an ancient astronomy treatise, the annotations suggest that the trailblazing scientist ...
Astronomy on MSN

Feb. 15, 1564: The birth of Galileo

Italian mathematician Galileo Galilei was born in Feb. 15, 1564, in Pisa. Often summarized as the father of modern science, certainly a polymath and a brilliant thinker who operated on a high ...