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Name: The Biography of Galileo Galilei
ID: m11933
Language: English (en)
Summary: A quick biography of Galileo Galilei.
Subject: Humanities
Keywords: Biography, Cardinal Bellarmine, Copernican system, De Motu, Florence, Galilei, Galileo, geocentric, hydrostatic balance, Inquisition, Italy, Marina Gamba, Medici, moon, pendulum, Pope Urban VIII, pump, satellites of Jupiter, sector, Sister Maria Celeste, Vincenzo Galilei
Document Type: -//CNX//DTD CNXML 0.5//EN
License: Creative Commons Attribution License CC-BY 1.0
Authors: Albert Van Helden (helden@rice.edu)
Copyright Holders: Albert Van Helden (helden@rice.edu)
Maintainers: Albert Van Helden (helden@rice.edu), Robert Ahlfinger (ahlfing@rice.edu)
Version: 1.4 (history)
Created: May 11, 2004 2:49 pm GMT-5
Revised: Jul 7, 2004 12:24 pm GMT-5

Version History

Version: 1.4 Jul 7, 2004 12:24 pm GMT-5 by Robert Ahlfinger
Changes: 
Link fix.
Version: 1.3 May 26, 2004 10:33 am GMT-5 by Robert Ahlfinger
Changes: 
link, keyword and cite fix
Version: 1.2 May 24, 2004 9:38 am GMT-5 by Robert Ahlfinger
Changes: 
Updated roles.
Version: 1.1 May 11, 2004 2:55 pm GMT-5 by Robert Ahlfinger
Changes: 
Initial publishing

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