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Works Cited

Primary sources
"Galileo and the Moons of Jupiter: Exploring the Night Sky of 1610." Science in School.
EIROforum, n.d. Web. 16 Nov. 2016.
<http://www.scienceinschool.org/2012/issue25/galileo>. This source will help me
because it includes primary source pictures of Galileo's portrait by Justus Sustermans and
a painting done by H. J. Detouche of Galileo showing the Venetian Senate his telescope.
"The Galileo Project." The Galileo

Project. N.p., n.d. Web. 07 Jan. 2017.


<http://galileo.rice.edu/>. This source includes primary and secondary information
researched by experts who have been studying about Galileo for years. It includes a
biography about him and his family, and his studies in detail.
Letters From Galileo's Daughter. The University of Oklahoma, 28 July 2015. Web. 7 Jan. 2017.
<https://youtu.be/pOetjoiLgLs>. This is a primary source video that shows an actress
acting like Galileo's daughter writing a letter to him about the Catholic Church.
Letter to Madam Christina of Lorraine, Grand Duchess of Tuscany. Feb. 1615. Interdisciplinary
Encyclopedia
of Religion and Science. Giuseppe Tanzella-Nitti, 2009. Web. 16 Nov.
2016. <http://inters.org/Galilei-Madame-Christina-Lorraine>. This primary source will
help me with my project because it shows a letter that Galileo wrote, and what he wrote
about. This could have been something about the church or any event happening in
Galileo's life.
Secondary Sources

"Galileo

Galilei Astronomical Studies." NASA. NASA, n.d. Web. 17 Nov. 2016.


<http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/whos_who_level2/galileo.html>. This
secondary source talks about Galileo's birth, and a few details about Galileo's study about
space and his argument with the church.
Gribbin, Mary. Informational Interview on Galileo. 22 Nov. 2016. This interview helps me by
now knowing some of the questions I had and new information to support my facts.
Home. Famous Scientists, www.famousscientists.org/galileo-galilei/. This is a secondary
source that talks about Galileo's trouble with the church and his science, art, math, and
music studies. Also includes a quote made by him.
Kaufmann, Frank. Galileo

Galilei. Galileo Galilei - New World Encyclopedia, Mediawiki, 5


June 2009, www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Galileo_Galilei. This secondary source
shows a biography of Galileo's life, the studies he made, his relationship with the church,
and primary sources of writings that he did.
Knight, Kevin. Galileo

Galilei. CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Galileo Galilei,


www.newadvent.org/cathen/06342b.htm. This source comes from the point of view from
the Catholic Church, and what they see with Galileo's act. It helps me by showing in my
projects two different points of view.
Galileo Galilei. NutshellEdu, 3 Mar. 2014. Web. 7 Jan. 2017.
<https://youtu.be/NMM8vx9vDiE>. This secondary source video talks about the theories
that Galileo created or added on to from previous philosophers.
Staff, TheFactFile,

and Admin. 40 Interesting Facts About Galileo. The Fact File, 9 Aug.
2016, thefactfile.org/interesting-facts-galileo/. This source is reliable because it's a fact

stating website and it talks about the different events that happened during Galileo's life
and how he stood against the church.
Tyson, Peter. "Galileo's Big Mistake." PBS. PBS, 29 Oct. 2002. Web. 16 Nov. 2016.
<http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/earth/galileo-big-mistake.html>. This secondary source
shows how not all Galileos theories were true, and could be argued by the church.

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