Mount Holyoke professor Peterson reviews Galileo's life and works while discussing his contemporaries and predecessors, classical Greek and Roman views, and the interplay between mathematics and the ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Jason Dean’s enthusiasm about books is infectious. That passion makes him the perfect person to oversee rare books at the Linda Hall Library in Kansas City, Missouri. Dean gave KSHB ...

VATICAN CITY — Galileo Galilei is going from heretic to hero. The Vatican is recasting the most famous victim of its Inquisition as a man of faith, just in time for the 400th anniversary of Galileo's ...

ROME - Four hundred years after Galileo Galilei first demonstrated his telescope to scholars on a Roman hilltop, the astronomer condemned by the Catholic Church was celebrated on the same spot with a ...

Born 450 years ago, Galileo remains an effective teacher today. Commentator Tania Lombrozo, for one, says his work illuminates the capacity of... This past weekend marked the 450 th anniversary of ...