Category Archives: Galileo’s World

Checklist – Galileo 1st Editions

Posted on January 19, 2023 by admin

Coming to see Galileo’s World? Download the Galileo 1st editions checklist flyer from this page or pick one up at the Welcome desk on the 5th floor of Bizzell Memorial Library, then check off the Galileo 1st editions you see.

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Galileo, Engineer

Posted on January 17, 2023 by admin

Galileo’s World at a GlanceGallery at the Exhibit WebsiteLocation: Bizzell Memorial Library, 5th floor Exhibit Hall. What is it like to be an engineer in an era of mathematical discovery? In the Republic of Venice, Galileo’s day-to-day work as a … Continue reading →

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Galileo and China

Posted on January 17, 2023 by admin

Galileo’s World at a GlanceGallery at the Exhibit WebsiteLocation: Bizzell Memorial Library, 5th floor Exhibit Hall. How did European and Chinese astronomers collaborate in the world of Galileo? The Silk Road. The Forbidden City. The Great Wall. Asia has long … Continue reading →

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Galileo and Perspective Drawing

Posted on January 17, 2023 by admin

Galileo’s World at a GlanceGallery at the Exhibit WebsiteLocation: Bizzell Memorial Library, 5th floor Exhibit Hall. What was it like to be an astronomer in an era when art and mathematics were intertwined? In the Starry Messenger (1610), Galileo reported … Continue reading →

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The Moon and the Telescope

Posted on January 17, 2023 by admin

Galileo’s World at a GlanceGallery at the Exhibit WebsiteLocation: Bizzell Memorial Library, 5th floor Exhibit Hall. What is the artistic and scientific heritage of the Moon? Galileo’s Starry Messenger (1610) set off the 17th-century race for the Moon – not … Continue reading →

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The Galileo Affair

Posted on January 17, 2023 by admin

Galileo’s World at a GlanceGallery at the Exhibit WebsiteLocation: Bizzell Memorial Library, 5th floor Exhibit Hall. What went wrong? Does the Galileo affair represent an inevitable conflict between science and religion? Sometimes in harmony, sometimes in conflict, science and religion … Continue reading →

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Galileo and the Telescope

Posted on January 17, 2023 by admin

Galileo’s World at a GlanceGallery at the Exhibit WebsiteLocations: Various. Bizzell Memorial Library, 5th floor Exhibit Hall (Fall 2015, Summer 2016); also incorporated in “An Artful Observation of the Cosmos,” Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art (Spring 2016). What was … Continue reading →

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Galileo and Microscopy

Posted on January 17, 2023 by admin

Galileo’s World at a GlanceGallery at the Exhibit WebsiteLocation: Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History (Spring/Summer 2016). What is it like to reveal the wonders and marvels of the very small? “I have contemplated a great many animals with … Continue reading →

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The New Physics

Posted on January 17, 2023 by admin

Galileo’s World at a GlanceGallery at the Exhibit WebsiteLocation: Bizzell Memorial Library, 5th floor Exhibit Hall. How did Galileo create a mathematical physics? In 1638, Galileo published his masterwork of physics, Discourse on Two New Sciences. The two sciences were … Continue reading →

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Copernicus and Meteorology

Posted on January 17, 2023 by admin

Galileo’s World at a GlanceGallery at the Exhibit WebsiteLocation: National Weather Center. How does meteorology facilitate interdisciplinary discovery? From antiquity to the present, meteorology has always been a meeting place of many disciplines. Astronomy, optics, chemistry and the geosciences are … Continue reading →

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