Galileo – How Do You Think?

A Vacation Without Essentialism? No Way!

by Gerald GuildErroneous Thinking April 30, 2010October 4, 20123 Comments

I just spent two weeks in Europe with my fellow adventurer and wife visiting the relics of times gone by. In the Louvre we peered upon works laid down well over two thousand years ago by Greek sculptors as well as by Roman, Middle Age, Byzantine, Gothic, Renaissance, and Baroque artists. We admired the Impressionists …

Galileo’s Middle Finger

by Gerald GuildAstronomy, Science April 24, 2010April 26, 20104 Comments

According to the website at the Museo di Storia della Scienza Galileo’s finger was detached by Anton Francesco Gori on March 12, 1737, when Galileo’s remains were moved from the original grave to the monumental tomb at Basilica di Santa Croce in Florence. The finger became the property of Angelo Maria Bandini and was long …

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