Galileo Galilei is recognized as one of the most important scientists in history. He perfected the first telescopes and his discoveries revolutionized our understanding of the universe. However, he ...

On Jan. 7, 1610, Galileo Galilei turned his self-built telescope, which he had recently made improvements to, towards Jupiter. There he noticed three spots of light. Though he first concluded they ...

IN looking through the “Dialoghi delle Nuove Scienze” of Galileo, I came unexpectedly on a passage * containing two remarkable discoveries in acoustics, which I should have confidently referrred to a ...

The focus of my laboratory has been the study of migrating cells, both normal and abnormal, in the developing brain. This endeavor has utilized the chick embryo as the model system and recombinant ...

UA Regents Professor John G. Hildebrand and UA Senior Vice Provost for Academic Affairs Gail Burd in many ways epitomize the ideals of the Galileo Circle. The Galileo Circle was formed to create ...

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Galileo used an inclined plane to determine the rate of acceleration due to Earth's gravity. In one experiment, he changed the pitch of the plane, but not its height.