Galileo used his device, as shown in Fig ... The drive was then on to build bigger and more powerful telescopes with greater magnification. It was soon realized that what was to become known ...

Near the beginning of the play, Galileo introduces his daughter to a telescope. "It's a miracle," she exclaims on looking through. "It's better than that. It's science," Galileo replies. He shares his ...

Galileo, using his telescope, invited scholars to observe the sunspots for themselves. They refused, convinced in advance that such imperfections could not exist. As one historian later remarked ...