After catching wind of Galileo’s beliefs, the cardinals of the Inquisition convened and decided to condemn Copernicus’ work ...

Galileo, the new musical inspired by the life of Galileo Galilei and starring Raúl Esparza, will begin Broadway preview ...

One of his most quoted lines captures his belief in lifelong learning: “I have never met a man so ignorant that I couldn’t learn something from him.” For Galileo, every person had something to teach, ...

The musical, called “Galileo,” will star Raúl Esparza, and is scheduled to open in December at the Shubert Theater.

Producers Amanda Lipitz, Henry Tisch and Jordan Roth announced today that Galileo, the new musical inspired by the life ...

Galileo Galilei is going from heretic to hero. The Vatican is recasting the most famous victim of its Inquisition as a man of faith, just in time for the 400th anniversary of Galileo's telescope and ...

Mt Hood Repertory Theatre is excited to announce that our production of The Life of Galileo by Bertolt Brecht, adapted and directed by Patrick Walsh, will be at OMSI in the Kendall Planetarium the ...

Extracts taken from A Turning Point for Europe? The Church and Modernity in the Europe of Upheavals, Paoline Editions, 1992, pp. 76-79. English translation by NCR. In the last decade, creation’s ...

Scientist celebrated today for changing our view of the universe. Aug. 25, 2009 — -- Who invented the telescope? Not Galileo. Who first pointed it at the heavens? Again, it wasn't Galileo. So ...

Aside from his many contributions to the evolution of modern science, Galileo Galilei is also famous for defying the 17th century Catholic church. He's lionized for advocating a heliocentric view of ...