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Ichingcarpenter

(36,988 posts) Fri Feb 15, 2013, 04:20 PM Feb 2013

Galileo Galilei's Birthday Today

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Galileo Galilei's Birthday Today (Original Post) Ichingcarpenter Feb 2013 OP

I've been reading a brilliant book called Born Too Rebel. Galileo quipped snagglepuss Feb 2013 #1

His father was a Lute composer and player Ichingcarpenter Feb 2013 #2

snagglepuss

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1. I've been reading a brilliant book called Born Too Rebel. Galileo quipped

Reply to Ichingcarpenter (Original post)

Fri Feb 15, 2013, 04:38 PM

Feb 2013

after a judgment against him by the Court of the Inquisition that the "earth still moves". What a phenomenal man.

BTW the book is an incredible read. It's the culmination of 10 years of scientific study into birth order. People like Galileo, Voltaire, Copernicus, Darwin are all last borns - the list is a who's who of the great revolutionary thinks.

Ichingcarpenter

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2. His father was a Lute composer and player

Reply to snagglepuss (Reply #1)

Fri Feb 15, 2013, 04:49 PM

Feb 2013

which I guess helped him with his math aptitude.

His scathing fictional book made the catholic church be the fools, it lead him to be imprisioned for the rest of his life.

I think he is one of the greats, like Neuton and Einstein who thought outside of the box no matter what the consequences.

His notebooks can be viewed online of his observations of jupiter and its moons which I think are just mind shattering considering he was the only person on the planet who was seeing this.

The telescope was a toy but he used it to expand our universe.

One of the greats

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