Heilbron takes in the landscape of culture, learning, religion, science, theology, and politics of late Renaissance Italy to produce a richer and more rounded view of Galileo, his scientific thinking, and the company he kept.

Durante más de cuatrocientos años la paternidad del telescopio, el instrumento que transformó nuestra visión del universo, ha estado en disputa. ¿Lo inventó el italiano Galileo Galilei? ¿El alemán Hans Lippershey? ¿O los holandeses Zacarías Janssen y Jacobo Metius? Una presunta descendiente de Galileo le encomienda a la doctora Ysabeau de Vassy, profesora de historia de La Sorbona en París, la urgente tarea de resolver esta controversia...

"Like Michelangelo, Galileo is another Renaissance great known just by his first name--a name that is synonymous with scientific achievement. Born in Pisa, Italy, in the sixteenth century, Galileo contributed to the era's great rebirth of knowledge. He invented a telescope to observe the heavens. From there, not even the sky was the limit! He turned long-held notions about the universe topsy turvy with his support of a sun-centric solar system. Patricia...

Describes the life and work of the scientist who was persecuted by the Inquisition for his views of the universe.

"A vivid narrative that connects the lives of four great astronomers and the scientific discovery that ushered in the modern era. Before the invention of the telescope, people used nothing more than their naked eye to understand what took place in the visible sky. So how did four men in the sixteenth century -- of different nationality, age, religion, and class -- collaborate to discover that the earth revolved around the sun? With this radical discovery,...

A biography of Italy's most famous scientist, who became an enemy of the Inquisition for promoting the concept that the Earth revolved around the sun.

"The film features interviews with leading astrophysicists and cosmologists from the world's renowned universities and observatories, who explain concepts ranging from Galileo's act of revealing the cosmos with a simple telescope, to the latest discoveries in space, including startling new ideas about life on other planets and dark energy - a mysterious vacuum energy that is accelerating the expansion of the universe." - Container.