Galileo Galilei was the founder of modern physics ... In 1609 came the most sensational discovery of his life. He heard of a Fleming who made a “spy-glass” and he rushed to experiment ...

The unremarkable-looking object is in fact one of the most important artifacts in the history of science: it's one of only two surviving telescopes known to have been made by Galileo Galilei ...

The University of Jamestown’s Theatre Department will present Bertolt Brecht’s “Galileo” in the DeNault Auditorium of the ...