The Galilean Library: About

The Galilean Library is a community-driven learning resource and social network, named after the famous Florentine Galileo Galilei and inspired by the sheer scope, influence and consequences of his work. Its aim is to provide a venue for people to meet and form communities to help one another learn and develop together. The site includes essays and articles, interviews, editorials and commentaries by our contributors, reviews, discussion groups, comments and a social community, all integrated with debate and conversation taking place across the web.

The Galilean Library is based on a sense of community and the convictions that people should have access to learning and education, together with the opportunity to study and discuss things with others, even if they do not have the formal qualifications needed for schools, colleges and universities. We believe that institutions and professions can be of value but should not serve as gatekeepers to knowledge or bar people from participation in learning in community with others, taking as an example Galileo's refusal to work within accepted boundaries.

For more information, see the following pages:

• Connecting
  
• Concept of use
  
• Philosophical Basis
  
• Contributors
  
• Terms of Service
  
• Copyright and Disclaimer