“Science asks questions, but the Bible gives the answers,” thundered Pope Urban VIII, verbalizing the view of many in Europe’s 16th and 17th centuries. While Galileo Galilei fancied himself a strong ...

Still, Galileo did perform some ingenious experiments on gravity while at Pisa. In fact, for his approach to science, that of using math in analyzing the results of experiments, he is credited ...

As artificial intelligence (AI) continues to evolve, scientists and ethicists are pondering the question: how do we measure ...

A 2001 survey of past attempts to dispel the myth of Galileo as isolated pioneer, and to explore instead the intellectual, cultural and social contexts that substantially shaped Galilean science. In ...

Albert Einstein once famously noted that Galileo was "the father of modern science." Although best known for his astronomical observations, Galileo’s scientific work wasn't confined to just one ...

from elections to dangerous conflicts, we can lose sight of how long it can take for processes emerging now to play out over time. I was reminded of this last week when, during a science-based visit ...

Galileo played with this formula until ... on the optical axis—hence the color fringes seen in refractors. Other scientists had speculated that using mirrors rather than lenses might correct ...

GALILEO: Good morning, guys, I hope you're having a lovely day. I am Galileo Galilei, a scientist from Italy and I am the man who is making some exciting discoveries around force and I am here ...

A particular feature of the volume is the treatment of Galileo's relationship with the Church. It will be of particular interest to philosophers, historians of science, cultural historians and those ...