in human history turns 400 years old today: Galileo's telescope. This wood and leather tube containing a convex objective lens (8x mag,) in the hands of its inventor, crushed the geocentric dogma held by the Catholic Church that placed Earth at the center of the universe. So threatened by this heretical proposal Galileo Galilei was subjected to the Roman Inquisition and lived under house arrest until his death.
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Tuesday, August 25, 2009
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