Galileo

The aim of this task group is to raise Galileo Galilei's public profile through intra-community communication, formal and informal education and public outreach.

Task Group

Paolo Galluzzi, (Chair), Institute and Museum of the History of Science, Italy.
Thomas Hockey, Vice-Chair, AAS Historical Astronomy Division.
Peter Abrahams, Past President, Antique Telescope Society.
Marvin Bolt, Director, Webster Institute for the History of Astronomy.
Daniel Green, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics.
Robert Hatch, Department of History, University of Florida.

Documents

Galileo: The Man and His Science (PDF)
A Resource Guide to Materials in English
by Andrew Fraknoi (Foothill College & the Astronomical Society of the Pacific).
More resources: http://brunelleschi.imss.fi.it/portalegalileo/index.html

Exhibitions about Galileo scheduled for 2009

Galileo’s telescope. The instrument that changed the world, now in
Florence, then in Beijing, Philadelphia and Stockholm.
Galileo. Images of the Universe from Antiquity to the Telescope
March 3th-August 30th 2009, Palazzo Strozzi, Florence.
The Telescope and the Paintbrush. New Science and New Art in the Age of
Galileo, May 9th – July 20th 2009, Palazzo Giuli, Pisa.