BACKGROUND INFORMATION |
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| The Starry Messenger Instructors' Booklet | Full colour PDF version of the 40-page booklet supplied in the schools packs. Explanatory chapters explore the work of each scientist featured in the film. These are followed by exercises, lab demonstrations and thought experiments for classes to work on together. |  |
| Reinventing the Telescope | The process of replicating Galileo's original telescope. Images from Final Year Model Making project by Tina Moore. |  |
| Sidereus Nuncius | Text of Galileo's original Starry Messenger, as seen at the start of the film |  |
| The Starry Messenger's Symbology | Document describing (tongue firmly in cheek) some of the mythological and symbolic ideas behind the film. | |
| The Starry Messenger Screenplay | The version of the script from which TSM was filmed (should you want to remake it for whatever reason!) |  |
