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The Sky at Night
Galileo’s World at a GlanceGallery at the Exhibit WebsiteLocation: History of Science Collections, Bizzell Memorial Library. What is the artistic and scientific heritage of the sky at night? When Galileo observed the belt and sword of Orion the Hunter, and … Continue reading
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The Scientific Revolution
Galileo’s World at a GlanceGallery at the Exhibit WebsiteLocation: Schusterman Library, University of Oklahoma, Tulsa. What is nature? How is nature known? When Galileo announced that “mathematics is the language of nature,” he was making a then-controversial claim about how … Continue reading
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Johann Schreck: Galileo’s Friend in China
How did knowledge spread in Galileo’s world? Johann Schreck joined the Jesuit order in 1611, the same year that he used Galileo’s telescope to observe the satellites of Jupiter. Upon becoming a Jesuit, Schreck joined the Jesuit mission in China, … Continue reading
Galileo and Kepler
Galileo’s World at a GlanceGallery at the Exhibit WebsiteLocation: National Weather Center. Who was Kepler, and why was a telescope named after him? The Kepler space telescope launched in March, 2009, to search for terrestrial planets around other suns. One … Continue reading
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Galileo and Experimentation
Galileo’s World at a GlanceGallery at the Exhibit WebsiteLocation: National Weather Center. How do new instruments extend sensory perception, facilitate new experiments, shape new conceptions, raise new questions and promote quantitative methods? Galileo’s empirical investigations and innovative scientific instruments opened … Continue reading
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Space Science after Galileo
Galileo’s World at a GlanceGallery at the Exhibit WebsiteLocation: National Weather Center. What is it like to explore the heavens? With his telescope, Galileo discovered mountains on the Moon, four satellites of Jupiter, the phases of Venus, dark spots tracking … Continue reading
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Galileo, Engineer
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
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
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
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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