| View Larger Image | NOVA - Galileo's Battle for the Heavens | DVDStarring: Stacy Keach; Peter Thomas (VI); Don Wescott
Directed By: Nova
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| | Binding: | DVD | | Rating: |  | | Run Time: | 120 minutes | | Format: | Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC | | Studio: | WGBH Boston | | Number of Discs: | 1 | | Aspect Ratio: | 1.33:1 | | Release Date: | March 28, 2006 | | Sales Rank: | 22,543nd |
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FEATURES | - At a time when heretics were burned alive for dissent, scientist Galileo Galilei risked his life to advance his revolutionary concepts of the universe. British actor Simon Callow (Shakespeare in Love, Four Weddings and a Funeral) brings Galileo to life, humanizing the great thinker s passion, intelligence, and arrogance while depicting his frustrations with fellow philosophers and scientists, and
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At a time when heretics were burned alive for dissent, scientist Galileo Galilei risked his life to advance his revolutionary concepts of the universe. British actor Simon Callow (Shakespeare in Love, Four Weddings and a Funeral) brings Galileo to life, humanizing the great thinker’s passion, intelligence, and arrogance while depicting his frustrations with fellow philosophers and scientists, and with Roman Catholic church leaders. Based on Dava Sobel’s best-selling biography Galileo’s Daughter, this two-hour film offers a vivid re-imagining of Galileo’s incredible achievements that forever changed the way we view our place in the universe. It also investigates the momentous personal and spiritual conflicts Galileo faced- most especially in defending the controversial theory that the earth revolves around the sun. Join noted Galileo authorities and experience the remarkable life behind the discoveries, and see letters from his illegitimate daughter, Maria Celeste, a cloistered nun, have shed new light on Galileo’s pioneering telescopic observations, his fateful Inquisition trial for heresy, and life in the seventeenth century. |
CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 4.5 based on 8 reviews)
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Galileo by V. Tillman  5 Stars
November 29, 2009
Brings history to life for middle and high school students as well as myself. It arrived in perfect condition and sooner than promised.
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Galileo's battle.... by Paul  3 Stars
May 10, 2009
This is a well made documentary and I enjoyed watching it. However, the actor who played Galileo I felt was somewhat miscast and the re-enacted scenes were a little overlong, but it is in my opinion still worth a look.
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Comment on Galileo's Battle for the Heavens by Dr. CA Novis (Johannesburg, South Africa) 5 Stars
April 27, 2009
An excellent and entertaining short documentary film on one of history's great minds. Understanding how Galileo thought is part of understanding the history and philosophy of science and physics in particular.
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Educating and interesting about the life and works of Galileo by Rasih Bensan (Istanbul, Turkey)  4 Stars
March 12, 2009
This is another good demonstration of how religious dogma has been trying to prevent scientific thought. For hundreds of years since Galieo this battle continued. It still continues in the 21st century around the world. For example, even today some religions in some countries are trying to prevent Charles Darwin's theory of evolution from being taught in schools.
Anyway, this documentary about Galileo is a very good source for students doing research and preparing term papers about this great pioneer of science.
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Too Much Drama, Not enough Documentary by Jazz Hermit (Tucson, AZ United States) 4 Stars
March 03, 2009
This follows the format that is used on many Nova programs of having a historic figure portrayed by an actor. It's a good program, very entertaining but it seemed to me that they spent too much time on the dramatic presentation and not quite enough on the science behind Galileo's work. I gave it four stars and feel that it is worth watching but if you are like me you will have seen plenty of Galileo's character by the end of the program.
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