Galileo

Liberal Arts Blog — Wednesday is the Joy of Science, Engineering, and Technology Day — Liberal Arts Blog — Wednesday is the Joy of Science, Engineering, and Technology Day Today’s Topic — Galileo (1564): Quotes, an Image, a Youtube Video Galileo was the man. I mean seriously. Or was it Archimedes? In any event, let’s assume he was. Well, what did he say most worth…

Image courtesy : Pixabay — Image courtesy : Pixabay Art is the lie that enables us to realize the truth. Pablo Picasso “Renaissance” is a French word that means"rebirth”.Renaissance was an epoch of the revival of art, culture, literature, and architecture in European History that started in the 14th century and ended in 17 th…

Il libro che Galileo Galilei presentò il giorno 22 febbraio 1632 al suo mecenate, il Granduca di Toscana, è diventato noto come il “Dialogo… — Il libro che Galileo Galilei presentò il giorno 22 febbraio 1632 al suo mecenate, il Granduca di Toscana, è diventato noto come il “Dialogo sui due massimi sistemi del mondo”, ma originariamente conteneva un sottotitolo più lungo e più delicatamente formulato: “Dove , negli incontri di quattro giorni, si discute…

Poem #2 from Mr. Pendlum’s Compendium-The Illustrated Multiverse Vol 1 — The following poem tells the story of the brilliant scientist and polymath, Galileo Galilei. It recounts his many incredible achievements and tells of his fight for progress against authority and ignorance. You’ll first come across the poem in audiovisual form — narrated, musicalized, and animated — then the poem in…

I got to thinking about lines the other day — straight lines, specifically. By definition, a line is straight, but as I pondered the many… — I got to thinking about lines the other day — straight lines, specifically. By definition, a line is straight, but as I pondered the many kinds of lines in nature, I realized that very few are truly straight. Take, for example, a route between two cities, as the crow flies…

There is an undoubted consensus between historians and philosophers of science that Galileo was the landmark for the birth of modern… — There is an undoubted consensus between historians and philosophers of science that Galileo was the landmark for the birth of modern science, putting him on a list of great scientific thinkers from ancient Greece to Copernicus. This is what children today first learn in school when science is introduced to…

That’s why I have a lot of sympathy for those who deny the fact. — That’s why I have a lot of sympathy for those who deny the fact. It’s as if the creator of the universe, if there is one, wanted to humiliate the human race (and all life on earth, if it’s possible for it to be humiliated). It’s awfully depressing and unpleasant…

On the beginnings of the Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei — This is the first of a six-part series on the establishment of the modern scientific academy. With each part of the series, we will discuss different topics pertaining to the ethics of research. The present post touches on incentives or, more accurately, internal politics. …