If not, go to Wiki.
Now you consider Galileo a big fame. You probably think he had lots of money.

I tell you he spent half of his life in jail!!!

It is you not me who need go to library!!
You should study my work:
http://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0510535
http://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0510536
http://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0512614
http://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0604084
http://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0605213