An exceptionally rare and valuable copy of a 17th-century book by Galileo Galilei — seemingly signed and hand-illustrated by the great astronomer and thinker — was hailed as the find of the century ...

A manuscript attributed to Galileo Galilei found to be a forgery in August has led to the discovery that a different, controversial book was authored by the celebrated Italian astronomer. The ...

At the opening of the new public observatory at the National Air and Space Museum last week, the 17th century astronomer, Galileo, made a surprise appearance. Carrying his telescope, he emerged from ...

Galileo is believed to have published his book on Kepler's Supernova in 1605. However, another famous polymath beat Kepler to the publisher a year earlier. In 1605, a dialogue titled Dialogo in ...

The current struggles between religion and science in areas such as evolution and "intelligent design" are thrown into sharp relief in a new book about the Italian astronomer Galileo and his trial by ...

DALLAS (Reuters Life!) - The current struggles between religion and science in areas such as evolution and "intelligent design" are thrown into sharp relief in a new book about the Italian astronomer ...

More than 500 historic books that were stolen from Italy three years ago — including original works by Nicolaus Copernicus, Galileo Galilei and Johannes Kepler — will finally be returned this week.

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