Galileo, Inventor And Entrepreneur
This month 400 years ago the astronomer and inventor, Galileo, was presenting his new fangled device, the telescope, to the Venetian court.
He had to plead his case on the many ways the telescope could be used and because of the lack of knowledge in astronomy at the time he had a hard time convincing them it did what he said it did.
To further explore Galileo’s inventions visit the Franklin Institute before the end of their exhibit “Galileo, The Medici and the Age of Astronomy,” ending September 7th.
Photo by umich.edu.
Joy West on September 25th, 2009 3:01 pm
I love historical info. I’m planning to write about Italy and will include Galileo – love the fact that it was exactly 400 years ago this month! I will go outside tonight and look up at the starts and think of him. Don’t you think Hubble would freak him out?!
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