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... like that Bruno was a martyr for science , that Galileo was persecuted by the church and that religion held back science. All ... untrue. Bruno was a martyr for magic, not science, Galileo's work said the tides only happened once a day, both sailors and ...

Cool Link - Hank Campbell - Oct 21 2013 - 3:21pm - 0 attachments

... They have a long and illustrious history in science (from Galileo to Newton) as well as in other branches of philosophy (e.g., in ethics, ...

Article - Massimo Pigliucci - Oct 16 2013 - 7:30am - 0 attachments

The Toby Jug Nebula, formally known as IC 2220, is an example of a reflection nebula - a cloud of gas and dust illuminated from within by a star called HD 65750.  The Toby Jug Nebula is located 1,200 light-years from Earth in the southern const ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 9 2013 - 3:33pm - 0 attachments

... $50) was identified as a Bellarmine Jug .  Galileo faced two main episodes of opposition to his Copernicanism.  The ... Pope Paul V, cardinal Robert Bellarmine summoned Galileo, notified him of a forthcoming decree of the Congregation of the Index ...

Blog Post - Robert H Olley - Aug 24 2013 - 10:04am - 0 attachments

... Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) is called Galileo. Credit: ESA Facilitated by Global Navigation Satellite Systems ...

Article - Bente Lilja Bye - Aug 20 2013 - 1:40am - 0 attachments

... taken on manfully those who distort the history of the Galileo affair to fit this picture, and even more so those who suggest that ...

Article - Robert H Olley - Aug 8 2013 - 11:16pm - 0 attachments

... "We've come a long way from the placid-looking Saturn that Galileo first spied through his telescope. We hope to learn more about the ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 4 2013 - 6:00am - 0 attachments

Professor  Robert G Brown of Duke University makes a number of significant points at WUWT that I feel needed to be reposted here, with his permission. Let me set the stage. By Christopher Monckton of Brenchley A ...

Blog Post - Mi Cro - Jun 26 2013 - 11:16am - 0 attachments

... professor Peter Atkins outlined them in his 2003 book "Galileo's Finger: The Ten Great Ideas of Science". Atkins' breadth of ...

Cool Link - Hank Campbell - Jun 24 2013 - 7:45pm - 0 attachments

... findings in De Magnete , published in 1600.  If Galileo, whose life spanned the year 1600, is justly called the father of ...

Article - Patrick Lockerby - May 14 2013 - 2:05pm - 0 attachments