Letter to the Grand Duchess Christina
The "Letter to The Grand Duchess Christina" is an essay written in 1615 by Galileo Galilei. The intention of this letter was to accommodate Copernicanism with the doctrines of the Catholic Church. Galileo tried to use the ideas of Church Fathers and Doctors to show that any condemnation of Copernicanism would be inappropriate.
Cover of Galileo's Letter to the Grand Duchess Christina
Tiberio Titi – Portrait of Christine of Lorraine Medici, 1600
Justus Sustermans – Portrait of Galileo Galilei, 1636
Galileo di Vincenzo Bonaiuti de' Galilei, commonly referred to as Galileo Galilei or simply Galileo, was an Italian astronomer, physicist and engineer, sometimes described as a polymath. He was born in the city of Pisa, then part of the Duchy of Florence. Galileo has been called the father of observational astronomy, modern-era classical physics, the scientific method, and modern science.
1636 portrait
Portrait believed to be of Galileo's elder daughter Virginia, who was particularly devoted to her father.
Galileo's "cannocchiali" telescopes at the Museo Galileo, Florence
An illustration of the Moon from Sidereus Nuncius, published in Venice, 1610
