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When was Galileo inducted into the Accademia dei Lincei?
What is 1611
100
What is the name of the book Kepler wrote that "proved" Copernicanism and which he sent to Galileo?
What is Mysterium Cosmographicum
100
On what date was Galilei Galileo born?
What is February 15, 1564
100
What is the name of the exhibit that features a one-of-a-kind model of the Leaning Tower of Pisa
What is Galileo Today
100
What is the name (in English) of the publication in which Galileo reported his discovery of four satellites of Jupiter and mountains on the Moon?
What is Starry Messenger
200
What is the name of the device that shows changes in temperature. A typical design is a tube in which a liquid rises and falls as the temperature changes. It was replaced by the thermometer in the early 18th century by the improvement of an added scale
What is Thermoscope
200
Which author accused Galileo of stealing his invention and lead Galileo to publish Difesa contro alle calunnie & imposture di Baldessar Capra?
What is Baldassar Capra
200
In what year was the translated version of Galileo's Sidereus Nuncius published?
What is 1989
200
Where is the location of the exhibit that showcases an affair that "turned out to be more complicated than a simple conflict of science and religion?"
What is 5th Floor Special Collections
200
In what areas did Galileo's work illustrate his lifetime of engagement?
What is science, art, literature, music, religion, philosophy, politics and culture
300
What is the name of Galileo's discovery which determined that the time that it takes for the pendulum to swing is not linked to the arc of the pendulum
What is Isochronism
300
What was reported to have been detected in mass numbers in Galileo's publication Sidereus Nuncius (Starry Messenger)
What is unsuspected stars
300
During which months did Galileo return to Florence as chief Mathematician and Philosopher (i.e., physicist) to Cosimo II de Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany.
What is July-September
300
What is the name ( in Latin) of the academy of scholars that published Spanish physician Francisco Hernandez finding's about Native American plant and animals?
What is Accademia dei Lincei
300
Where did Galileo live while being under house arrest?
What is Villa at Arcetri
400
What did Galileo name the satellites of Jupiter?
What is Medicean stars
400
What is the name(in Latin) of Galileo's publication Letters on Sunspots?
What is Alle macchie solari
400
In what year did Galileo lose his vision?
What is 1637
400
Which member of the Academy of the Lynx named one of Galileo's instruments the microscope?
What is Johann Faber
400
What name was Galileo's daughter Virginia given after joining a convent?
What is Sister Maria Celeste
500
What is the name of the instrument crafted in Galileo's own home to solve problems such as estimating altitudes, topographical and fortification surveying, “making the caliber” of cannonballs of different materials, estimating cannon angle for given target distance, etc.
What is compasso geometrico, et militare
500
How many "stars wandering around Jupiter" were detected and reported in Sidereus Nuncius (Starry Messenger)?
What is 4
500
In what year was Galileo's Dialogo (Dialogue on the Two Chief Systems of the World) published?
What is 1632
500
In antiquity, which animal was renowned for possessing sharp eyesight at night?
What is The lynx
500
What did Niccolò Lorini mistakenly call Copernicus when he stated his claims about the earth orbiting the sun were against scripture?
What is Ipernicus