Galileo Galilei
The Italian polymath – philosopher, astronomer, mathematician, physicist, engineer and talented author – Galileo Galilei was born more than 450 years ago. The Renaissance man of Pisa, a man of many talents, already became a legend in his own time.
How 17th century dreamers planned to reach the moon
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The Sun is the Earth’s principal source of energy and climate driver. Yet sometimes it sends more light to the Earth than other times. Astronomers at the Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research take these fluctuations in solar radiation into account in their models to find out whether they contribute to global warming or counteract it.
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A man of many talents, Galileo Galilei was a pugnacious and committed scientist who achieved world renown even in his own day
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How the mathematics professor Galileo became a passionate telescope builder and enthusiastic sky watcher
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The Copernican worldview has prevailed - not, however, Galileo’s theory of the tides.
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Interview with Max Planck Director Jürgen Renn on the importance of the Italian scholar who was born 450 years ago
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The construction of the 100-metre radio telescope four decades ago bears witness to the fine art of engineering
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Garching and Tübingen physicists have on an "atomic fountain" carried out
Galilei’s leaning tower experiment with quantum objects
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