- The Galileo Project
- An extensive resource on the life, the times, and the work of Galileo Galilei.
- BBC Online: Galileo - In-depth look at Galileo's life and his significance.
- CCD Images from a Galilean Telescope - Describes the construction and use of a modern replica of Galileo's telescope. Includes photographs taken through it showing approximately what he would have seen.
- Galileo and Einstein - A lecture course by Michael Fowler of the University of Virginia: History of Astronomy from ancient Greece to Relativity.
- Galileo and Einstein - A resource for a University of Virginia physics course, with lecture notes.
- Galileo Galilei - Biography, with links to related internet sites.
- Galileo Galilei's Notes on Motion - High resolution scans of "Manuscript 72" pertaining to the theorems on motion published in the Discorsi.
- Galileo Galilei (1564-1642) - Features information about college education, studies about bodies in motion, and becoming famous. Describes the impact of the scientist's invention of the telescope on ancient cosmological beliefs. Includes bibliography.
- Galileo Galilei - Astronomy Rebel With a Cause - Concise biography.
- Galileo: Letter to the Grand Duchess Christina - Galileo's great defense of the independence of science from religious authority.
- Multimedia Catalogue - Room IV Galileo Galilei - Virtual tour and descriptions of Galilean artifacts on display at the History of Science Museum, Florence, Italy. Includes biographical links and notes.
- The Life and Work of Galileo (1564-1642) - A detailed account of Galileo's early influences and summary of important events in his efforts to prove heliocentricity.
- Trial of Galileo Galilei - A collection of primary documents, essays, ancient texts, maps, photos, paintings and other materials relating to the trial in 1633.
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