- 1Chapter I — Introduction
- 2Chapter II — Galileo’s Birth — Family — Education — Observation of…
- 3Chapter III — Galileo at Pisa…
- 4Chapter IV — Astronomy Before Copernicus — Fracastoro — Bacon — Kep…
- 5Chapter V — Galileo Re-Elected Professor at Padua — New Star — Comp…
- 6Chapter VI — Invention of the Telescope…
- 7Chapter VII — Discovery of Jupiter’s Satellites — Kepler — Sizzi —…
- 8Chapter VIII — Observations on the Moon — Nebulæ — Saturn — Venus —…
- 9Chapter IX — Account of the Academia Lincea — Del Cimento — Royal S…
- 10Chapter X — Spots on the Sun — Essay on Floating Bodies — Scheiner…
- 11Chapter XI — Letter to Christina, Arch-Duchess of Tuscany — Caccini…
- 12Chapter XII — Controversy on Comets — Saggiatore — Galileo’s Recept…
- 13Chapter XIII — Publication of Galileo’s ‘System of the World’ — His…
- 14Chapter XIV — Extracts From the Dialogues on the System
- 15Chapter XV — Galileo at Arcetri — Becomes Blind — Moon’s Libration…
- 16Chapter XVI — State of the Science of Motion Before Galileo
- 17Chapter XVII — Galileo’s Theory of Motion — Extracts From the Dialo…
- 18Chapter XVIII — Correspondence on Longitudes — Pendulum Clock
- 19Chapter XIX — Character of Galileo — Miscellaneous Details — His De…
- 20Chapter I — Introduction — Birth and Education of Kepler — He Is Ap…
- 21Chapter II — Kepler’s Marriage — He Joins Tycho Brahe at Prague — I…
- 22Chapter III — Kepler Publishes His Supplement to Vitellion — Theory…
- 23Chapter IV — Sketch of the Astronomical Theories Before Kepler
- 24Chapter V
- 25Chapter VI — Kepler Appointed Professor at Linz — His Second Marria…
- 26Chapter VII
- 27Chapter VIII — The Epitome Prohibited at Rome…
The Life of Galileo Galilei
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