The Galileo Society

The Galilean Society is named after Galileo Galilei (1564-1642), the founding father of modern science as we know it. Galileo was the rebel thinker who overturned blindly following, despite evidence to the contrary, the doctrines of Aristotle and the Church. He showed that only by performing experiments can we discover truth. Most important of all, he became the giant upon whose shoulder Newton stood and upon which our modern world still stands.

The society uses his name to continue to promote the concept that acceptance of truths discovered by experiment is morally higher than adherence to beliefs stated by authority figures.


We do this by providing free science talks to the public and anybody who is interested in science can attend. Prior knowledge is not required because each talk, which can be on any scientific subject, is entirely self-contained.


However, we ask each speaker to include a description of the scientific method as they see it and to illustrate their view with relevant experimental examples. So, we ask them not just to list the key aspects of their science but to describe in detail the experiments that discovered them.


We hope that this will turn stated facts (“authoritarian dogma”) into discoveries that can be replicated (“experimental proof”). Thus we hope that, with material both old and new, we can continue the Galilean tradition of challenging our understanding of the world.


To see a list of up and coming talks see our webpage http://www.galileosoc.co.uk/ 


If your interested in attending the talks or would like to give a tallk :-) then email us at galileosociety@gmail.com