20 Things You Didn't Know About Galileo (Earth, moon, Jupiter, universe)

[Six Foot Three]

Here's a cool article about 20 things that most people don't know about Galileo the father of ''Modern Observational Astronomy''.

20 Things You Didn't Know About... Galileo - DISCOVER Magazine

[ShadowCaver]

Originally Posted by 6/3

Here's a cool article about 20 things that most people don't know about Galileo the father of ''Modern Observational Astronomy''.

20 Things You Didn't Know About... Galileo - DISCOVER Magazine

lol - love that part about his middle finger, nos. 3 and 4...

[Six Foot Three]

Originally Posted by ShadowCaver

lol - love that part about his middle finger, nos. 3 and 4...

For me it was that he proved the earth wasn't the center of the universe as everyone always believed at the time by just observing Jupiters moons .

[southdown]

Have you read The Sleepwalkers: A History of Man's Changing Vision of the Universe by Koestler....? I think you would like it a lot....

I'm buying it to read again, let me know if you want to borrow it
Amazon.com: The Sleepwalkers: A History of Man's Changing Vision of the Universe (Arkana): Arthur Koestler, Herbert Butterfield: Books

I can drop it off on my way thru NM

[ShadowCaver]

Originally Posted by 6/3

For me it was that he proved the earth wasn't the center of the universe as everyone always believed at the time by just observing Jupiters moons .

yea, from a scientific and history aspect, that is definately true.

however, I still stand by the better funnier part of about his finger... and that is something that I didn't know

[Sman]

He was also the first to observe Uranus... 170 years before Herschel. Though, he didn't recognize the importance of what he was viewing. It is merely noted as another star on one of his charts.

[Six Foot Three]

Originally Posted by ShadowCaver

however, I still stand by the better funnier part of about his finger... and that is something that I didn't know

Yeap i hear ya as that would cool to see .

[Six Foot Three]

Originally Posted by Sman

He was also the first to observe Uranus... 170 years before Herschel. Though, he didn't recognize the importance of what he was viewing. It is merely noted as another star on one of his charts.

Sman......Thanks for pointing that out as i didn't know about that.

[willdufauve]

A lot of people forget that Galileo was a big time collector of beanie babies.

[TheTransientTranny]

Originally Posted by Sman

He was also the first to observe Uranus... 170 years before Herschel. Though, he didn't recognize the importance of what he was viewing. It is merely noted as another star on one of his charts.

I've been 'around the block', as they say, but I'm not that old.