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Galileo's Battle for the Heavens

Galileo's Battle for the Heavens is a PBS NOVA documentary celebrating the story of the father of modern science and his struggle to get Church authorities to accept the truth of his astonishing discoveries. The film is based on Dava Sobel's book, Galileo's Daughter, which reveals a new side to the famously stubborn scientist - that his closest confidante was his illegitimate daughter, Sister Maria Celeste, a cloistered nun. In the film Simon Callow plays Galileo in dramatic reenactments of key moments from his life: his pioneering telescopic observations of the Moon and planets, his revolutionary experiments with falling objects, and his fateful trial before the Inquisition for heresy. (from pbs.org )

Galileo's Battle for the Heavens

Web.	Galileo Galilei This is a collection of links to eBooks and films about Galileo Galilei who was an Italian physicist, mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher. www.infocobuild.com/books-and-films/science/galileo-galilei.html

Film..	The Ascent of Man - The Starry Messenger This episode looks at astronomy, tracing the origins of the scientific revolution in the conflict between truth and religious dogma, symbolized by the trial of Galileo. www.infocobuild.com/books-and-films/science/the-ascent-of-man.html
Film	The Story of Science - What is Out There? This episode attempts to explain how our view about the cosmos has evolved from the ancient Greece to the present. www.infocobuild.com/books-and-films/science/the-story-of-science.html