physicist and engineer Galileo Galilei (1564-1642) received from his daughter, Sister Maria Celeste, while she was living in a convent. The letters show Maria Celeste as an inspiring figure with ...

Vincenzio Galilei, his father, was also a musician, with original views, as well as being something of a mathematician. Galileo was to read medicine and so be able to earn a living. However ...

Measuring motion Galileo probably gained his introduction to experimental technique while assisting his musician father, who conducted home experiments in the physics of sound. Galileo began his ...