Well, any of us who has ever looked through a telescope could say the same, for the two principal types in use today were developed by giants: the refractor by Galileo and the reflector by Newton.

Galileo Galilei was born on February 15 ... Galileo soon developed the strongest telescope the world had ever seen, and would prove the Church wrong. Though he had many breakthroughs in physics ...

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 ...

John Steele Gordon on “Dinosaurs at the Dinner Party” by Edward Dolnick.

German astronomer Simon Marius is best remembered for his disputes with Galileo Galilei over priority for discovering Jupiter ...

Just after the turn of the 17th century, Galileo Galilei designed and built the first telescope, changing astronomy forever. Through his telescope, all of a sudden, details beyond human perception ...

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 ...