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  2. Galileo (1975 film) - Wikipedia

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    Galileo is a 1975 British biographical film directed by Joseph Losey, about the 16th- and 17th-century scientist Galileo Galilei, whose astronomical observations with the newly invented telescope led to a profound conflict with the Roman Catholic Church.

  3. Lamp At Midnight - Wikipedia

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    Lamp At Midnight is a play that was written by Barrie Stavis, [1] and first produced in 1947 at New Stages, New York. [2] The play treats the 17th Century Galileo affair, which was a profound conflict between the Roman Catholic Church and Galileo Galilei over the interpretation of his astronomical observations using the newly invented telescope.

  4. American Film Theatre - Wikipedia

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    Galileo (January, 1975). Bertolt Brecht's play was directed by Joseph Losey, who also directed the first production of the play's English language version in 1947. Jacques Brel Is Alive and Well and Living in Paris (February, 1975). Eric Blau's 1968 musical was directed by Denis Héroux. In Celebration (March, 1975).

  5. The Assayer - Wikipedia

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    The Assayer (Italian: Il saggiatore) is a book by Galileo Galilei, published in Rome in October 1623. It is generally considered to be one of the pioneering works of the scientific method, first broaching the idea that the book of nature is to be read with mathematical tools rather than those of scholastic philosophy, as generally held at the time.

  6. Against Method - Wikipedia

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    Feyerabend began writing Against Method in 1968 [3] and it was originally released as a long paper in the Minnesota Studies in the Philosophy of Science series in 1970. At the behest of Lakatos, who originally planned to write For Method in contrast to Against Method but then died, [3] the paper was expanded into a book published in 1975.

  7. Galileo Galilei - Wikipedia

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    Galileo di Vincenzo Bonaiuti de' Galilei (15 February 1564 – 8 January 1642), commonly referred to as Galileo Galilei (/ ˌ ɡ æ l ɪ ˈ l eɪ oʊ ˌ ɡ æ l ɪ ˈ l eɪ /, US also / ˌ ɡ æ l ɪ ˈ l iː oʊ-/; Italian: [ɡaliˈlɛːo ɡaliˈlɛːi]) or mononymously as Galileo, was an Italian [a] astronomer, physicist and engineer, sometimes described as a polymath.

  8. Basil Henson - Wikipedia

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    (1969), The Walking Stick (1970), Cromwell (1970), The Final Programme (1973), and Galileo (1975). [ 11 ] [ 1 ] Henson's television appearances included Emergency Ward 10 , The Power Game , Sexton Blake , Casting the Runes , The Champions , Follyfoot , War and Peace , Fall of Eagles , the Judge, in Crown Court , and as Sir Horatio Manners in ...

  9. Galilean moons - Wikipedia

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    This allowed Galileo to observe in either December 1609 or January 1610 what came to be known as the Galilean moons. [6] [7] On 7 January 1610, Galileo wrote a letter containing the first mention of Jupiter's moons. At the time, he saw only three of them, and he believed them to be fixed stars near Jupiter.