Judge orders priest to recite psalms Dec 13, 2007
"I did it as a tribute to Galileo Galilei, one of the greatest scientists of all time, who received a similar sentence from the Catholic Church during three years for saying the Earth rotates around the sun.". The judge ordered a court official who lives near the priest to check daily that the sentence was being fulfilled. (CNN -- World)
Aesthetic engineering Dec 1, 2007
But you'd also meet scientists such as Galileo Galilei, Jacques-Yves Cousteau, and Marie Curie. Somewhere, in the dark, unmappable regions of her brain, Ruffner translates these manifold influences -- which emerge from her and her fascination with beauty -- into creations all her own. (The Scientist)
Composer says Leonardo painting has coded 'soundtrack' Nov 10, 2007
Galileo Galilei @ University of Padua Illinois wrote on Nov 9, 2007 6:08 PM:" In Napoli where love is king When boy meets girl here's what they say When the moon hits you eye like a big pizza pie That's amore When the world seems to shine like you've had too much wine That's amore Bells will ring ting-a-ling-a-ling, ting-a-ling-a-ling And you'll sing "Vita bella" Hearts will play tippy-tippy-tay, tippy-tippy-tay Like a gay tarantella When the stars make you drool just like a pasta fazool That's... (The Pantagraph newspaper)
Heavens aboveReligion meets science at Vatican's major stargazers' conference Oct 1, 2007
" The conference will kick off with a discussion about our own galaxy, the Milky Way, before proceeding to more abstruse concepts of space and time involving how galaxies, stars and planets came to be formed and evolve. 'Against scripture' The Catholic Church became seriously interested in stargazing as far back as four centuries ago, when Pope Gregory XIII set up a committee to examine the implications for science involved in the Pope's 1582 reform of the calendar. Galileo was persecuted by the... (BBC News -- Europe)
Winston and Elvis Sep 18, 2007
I have no quarrel with their top 10, which includes Johann Gutenberg, Isaac Newton, Albert Einstein and Galileo Galilei. What bothers me is their choice for Number 57, Elvis Presley. (Black Hills Pioneer, SD)
After space, it's Disney World Sep 11, 2007
30-day news archives. It could draw more people for Disney, but, in general, it's a good move. (Florida Today)
Peter Sis draws on childhood in communist Czechoslovakia Aug 28, 2007
s' books, which include Starry Messenger: Galileo Galilei and Tibet: Through the Red Box, "are challenging and intricately drawn. Their graphic elegance and complexity make them appealing to adults as well.". At lunch in Irvington, a suburb 20 miles north of Manhattan where he lives, S. (USA Today -- Life)
Environment: Chilling Effect Aug 8, 2007
In 1633, Galileo Galilei was put on trial "for holding as true a false doctrine taught by many," namely that the earth moved around the sun. In Newsweek's view, Galileo was a "denier" of the accepted "consensus." You know the type hacks like Copernicus, who disputed the fact that Earth was the center of the universe, or Columbus, who disputed the international consensus that Earth was flat. (Investors Business Daily)
J.H. Mensah and Owning the African Renaissance Aug 5, 2007
But European elites, through the Enlightenment thinkers and writers of the 17th and 18th centuries such as Galileo Galilei, Michel de Montaigne, Ren Descartes, Voltaire, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, John Locke and David Hume, summoned the intellectual will to overturned such inhibiting values by campaigning that human reason could be used to fight ignorance, deadly superstitions, tyranny, and to build a better world. More critically, the European, Asian and Latino renaissances emanated from the... (Ghana Web, Ghana)
Nall's artwork installed at Pisa airport Jun 26, 2007
Delta Airlines is now offering a direct flight from New York to Pisa's Galileo Galilei International Airport, the main airport to the Tuscany region of Italy. Two large bronze sculptures, ounded Dove and eace Frame by internationally acclaimed artist Nall Hollis, a native of Troy, are installed in front of the airport's main terminal. (Troy Messenger, AL)
The planet club Jun 16, 2007
1612 - Galileo Galilei spots Neptune; at first he mistakes it for a fixed star. 1781 - William Herschel discovers Uranus, the first planet to be found using a telescope. (Guardian Unlimited -- Life)
Come Pell or high water, faithful will vote as they like Jun 9, 2007
The wretched Galileo Galilei was dragged before the Inquisition in 1633 for the heresy of heliocentrism, the wicked fantasy that the Earth might orbit the sun. Threatened with what the Pentagon today calls enhanced interrogation, he recanted although, as legend has it, he muttered the words "E pur si muove" - "but it does move" - under his breath as the medieval Pells despatched him to a dungeon. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
A God-given debate Jun 9, 2007
It took the church 400 years to concede that Galileo Galilei - the Italian physicist and devout Catholic - was correct. In the lifetime of most baby boomer Catholics there have been significant shifts in its teachings: on limbo for children and eating meat on Fridays, for example. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Climate Change: Whether Vanes Jun 9, 2007
Today in Investor's Business Daily stock analysis and business news. INVESTOR'S BUSINESS DAILY. (Investors Business Daily)
Airport Check-in: A peek at BA's $8.5B London plan; art in Pisa Jun 4, 2007
In time for the first non-stop flight from the USA to Pisa's Galileo Galilei International the main airport to the Tuscany region of Italy the airport has unveiled an exhibit of artworks by Nall, the American born-artist who studied under Salvador Dali. Two large bronze sculptures, Wounded Dove and Peace Frame, are now in the front of the main terminal. (USA Today -- Money)
Starry nights go digital for planet-hunter May 29, 2007
Centuries ago, Galileo Galilei peered through a small, simple telescope to draw his pictures of four of Jupiters' moons, as did Giovanni Schiaparelli, who spotted the channels on Mars. Professor Marcy does not peer and his methods are far more efficient than those of his predecessors. (ABC News Online, Australia -- Sci-Tech)
NASA Probes Sinkhole as Proxy for Icy Moon May 19, 2007
Thought to have twice as much water as Earth, Europa has intrigued scientists ever since Italian astronomer Galileo Galilei observed Jupiter's four largest moons for the first time in 1610. NASA hopes to take the probe to Antarctica in November 2008 to test it in much colder waters below the frozen ice that resembles Europa. (Newsmax)
America takes root Mar 31, 2007
German Johannes Kepler and Italian Galileo Galilei were studying the heavens. The Spanish were plundering South America, and the French were establishing Montreal and other northern regions. (Washington Times)
Study Proves That Metalheads Aren't Boneheads Mar 25, 2007
" Cadwallader acknowledged that the findings challenge prior research about the types of people who'd be into, say, Ozzy Osbourne or Iron Maiden. "There is literature that links heavy metal to poor academic performance and delinquency, but we found a group that contradicts that," he explained. Still, it's rather hard to imagine Albert Einstein or Stephen Hawking rockin' out to Opeth. Recommended listening for some of history's greatest minds: ? Mathematician Sofia Kovalevskaya: the Red Chord,... (MTV.com)
Study Proves That Metalheads Aren't Boneheads Mar 23, 2007
Astronomer Galileo Galilei: In Flames, Black Sabbath. Physicist Marie Curie: Arch Enemy, Testament. (VHI.com -- Music News)
Global Warming: Human Sacrifices Mar 16, 2007
In 1633, Galileo Galilei was indicted by the church 'for holding as true a false doctrine taught by many,' and for 'following the hypothesis of Copernicus' namely that Earth was not the immovable center of the universe and moved around the sun. In terms used in the current global warming debate, Galileo was a 'denier' of the accepted 'consensus. (Investors Business Daily)
Today in History - Feb. 15 Feb 15, 2007
On this date:In 1564, Italian astronomer Galileo Galilei was born in Pisa. advertisement. (MSNBC -- Race)
Feb. 13, 1633: Church vs. Galileo Feb 14, 2007
Portrait of Galileo Galilei by Giusto Sustermans. 1633: Galileo Galilei, who has run afoul of the church for his theories concerning heliocentrism and for insulting his old friend Pope Urban VIII, arrives in Rome to face an ecclesiastical court on charges of committing heresy. (Wired News)
more » Feb 9, 2007
Feb. 13, 1633: Italian astronomer Galileo Galilei arrives in Rome to defend his belief that the earth revolves around the sun. The Inquisition compelled Galileo to recant the view, and placed him under house arrest, were he wrote and further developed his theories until his death in 1642. (Searcy Daily Citizen, AR)
Our hopes and fears about contacting E.T. Feb 3, 2007
Michaud said that he was struck by the centuries-old dialogue between belief and observation that got under way with Galileo Galilei, the 17th-century Italian astronomer and physicist. . (MSNBC -- Technology)
Today in History - Jan. 7 Jan 7, 2007
On this date:In 1610, astronomer Galileo Galilei began observing three of Jupiters moons. advertisement. (MSNBC -- Race)
Historians Find Old Telescopes Dec 27, 2006
Telescopes revolutionized military strategy and within months showed the father of astronomy, Galileo Galilei, that Earth is not the center of the universe. Until recently, scholars thought only 8 or 10 of these important early telescopes--made between 1608 and 1650 of tightly rolled paper and crudely ground lenses--had survived to the present day. (SkyAndTelescope.com)
Scientists debate censorship of data Dec 13, 2006
The most famous example of a scientist whose work was attacked and suppressed is Galileo Galilei. The panelists at Tuesday s forum were Peter Gleick of the Pacific Institute for Studies in Development, Environment and Security; Tim Killeen, president of the AGU; Judith Curry, a professor at the Georgia Institute of Technology; Donald Kennedy, former president of Stanford University and current editor-in-chief of Science magazine; and Francesca Grifo, director of the Scientific Integrity Program... (Corvallis Gazette Times, OR)
2009 named International Year of Astronomy Oct 31, 2006
In 1609, Galileo Galilei, believed to be one of the first to use a telescope to observe the night sky, identified stars that had been invisible to the naked eye, as well as mountains and craters on the Moon and Jupiter's main satellites. RECOMMEND THIS STORY. (Yahoo News -- Astronomy and Space)
IAU names 2009 as International Year of Astronomy Oct 31, 2006
PARIS, Oct. 30 (Xinhua) -- The International Astronomical Union(IAU) on Monday announced 2009 the International Year of Astronomy, marking the 400th anniversary of Galileo Galilei's first turning one of his telescopes to the night sky in 1609 ... In 1609, Galileo Galilei first used a telescope to observe the night sky and made astonishing discoveries that changed mankind's conception of the world forever. (Xinhuanet, China)
Todays HOME Spun Wisdom Oct 25, 2006
Galileo Galilei (1564-1642)Referred to as the "father of modern astronomy, physics, and science," Galileo didn't invent the telescope, but was the first to use it well. By making improvements to existing technology, he discovered Jupiter's four largest moons, which helped him verify a Sun-centered model for the solar system (which defied the Church's belief that Earth was at the center of it all). (RisMedia.com)
Is knowledge an asset? Not if you don't challenge assumptions Sep 24, 2006
His theory was later proven correct by Galileo Galilei and Johannes Kepler and established Copernicus as the founder of modern astronomy. So how can we get around our own knowledge and assumptions. (Jakarta Post, Indonesia -- Features)
Letter: They think they are the only ones here’ Sep 22, 2006
The discussion over evolution reminds me of the 17th century fight by Galileo Galilei (astronomer and physicist)over the currently held astronomical theory of an earth-centered universe. A good bit earlier Copernicus challenged this view, but very few theologians challenged him and those who did rejected his theory. (Mattoon Journal-Gazette, IL)
Three's the right amount of company Sep 17, 2006
The subtitle of one of those plays helps explain this show: It's called "The Recantation of Galileo Galilei; Scenes from History Perhaps." Imagining how things might have been, Bentley offers his topical takes. The trinity in the title is none other than Jesus Christ, Galileo Galilei and Oscar Wilde ... The golden-haired and golden-voiced Chris J. Handley plays Jesus; the eminent Saul Elkin is inventor Galileo Galilei; and flamboyant writer Wilde is given an almost haughty turn by Drew Kahn. (Buffalo News -- Entertainment)
Bridging reason and faith Aug 22, 2006
In a world where truth is ever elusive and those in power will do anything to hide it from the rest of us, there is no better company or fitter hero than Galileo Galilei. Self-indulgent, self-obsessed, mentally sharp and physically flabby, he is in many ways the least likely of secular saints. (Toronto Star -- Arts)
Johns's universe in a spin after stating obvious Aug 16, 2006
In 1633, Galileo Galilei was coerced by the Inquisition into recanting a statement that to him seemed obvious: the earth moved around the sun. On Sunday, Johns, the world's best rugby league player, made a statement that seemed to him equally obvious: NRL officiating is on the nose. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Sport)
Science versus ethics Jul 24, 2006
The scientific revolution can be said to have begun when a Polish cleric named Nicholas Copernicus, reversing Ptolemy, theorized that the earth revolved around the sun, and when Galileo Galilei then proved the theory with a telescope. Religion's problem here was not only with what was being observed (a heliocentric universe, not a geocentric one, as in the Bible), but with the experimental mode of knowing. (Boston Globe)
Hawking touches on God and science Jun 16, 2006
The church condemned Galileo Galilei in the 17th century for supporting Nicolaus Copernicus' discovery that the earth revolved around the sun. Church teaching at the time placed Earth at the center of the universe. (MSNBC -- Technology)
Daily News letters May 30, 2006
Should we be thankful that on Oct. 31, 1992, Pope John Paul II finally got around to pardoning Galileo Galilei for claiming that our solar system was heliocentric. Oh yes, let's hear about this newer, kinder, gentler God than the Old Testament God. (Anchorage Daily News)
Galileo to draw young stars May 18, 2006
Dennis C. Enser/Buffalo News Pupils Kalina Rice, left, and Stephanie Harville huddle with Glenn McClure and Dava Sova, collaborating on ideas for "Mio Nonno Galileo," the opera about astronomer Galileo Galilei. It has been 373 years since Galileo Galilei was branded a heretic for supporting Nicolaus Copernicus' theory that the Earth and other planets revolve around the sun, and was sentenced to spend the rest of his life under house arrest. (Buffalo News)
Court allows Galileo name for satellite May 12, 2006
BRUSSELS, Belgium (AP) -- A European court Wednesday upheld the European Commission's right to use the Galileo name for its satellite navigation project. The Luxembourg-based Court of First Instance turned down a demand by Galileo International Technology to ban the use of the name. (CNN -- Science)
What's Up This Week - May 2 - May 7, 2006 May 10, 2006
These moons were first reported by Galileo Galilei after a week of observing beginning January 7, 1610. Friday, May 5 - On this date in 1961, Alan Shepard became the first American in "space." It was only a 15 minute suborbital ride aboard Mercury craft Freedom 7. (Universe Today)
Letters: Speak out on plan to tax wireless May 4, 2006
It took the Vatican 350 years to apologize to astronomer Galileo Galilei for his blasphemous notion that the Earth was not the center of the universe. It is beyond time now for the Catholic Church to apologize to the world, and openly reverse its policies regarding family planning and contraception, which have contributed to unspeakable levels of population pressure and poverty. (Corvallis Gazette Times, OR)
Was Galileo Wrong? Mar 17, 2006
Four hundred years ago - or so the story goes - Galileo Galilei started dropping things off the Leaning Tower of Pisa: Cannon balls, musket balls, gold, silver and wood ... A sketch of Galileo Galilei's legendary experiment. (FirstScience.com)
Flow Of High-pressure Form Of Ice Tells Tales Of Interiors Of Giant Icy Moons Mar 5, 2006
-- Galileo Galilei (Pisa, February 15, 1564 Arcetri, January 8, 1642), was an Italian physicist, astronomer, and philosopher who is closely associated with the scientific revolution. He has been. (Science Daily)
Geniuses That Stand Behind the Geniuses Jan 24, 2006
Nicolaus Copernicus, who theorized heretically in the early 1500s that the Earth orbited the Sun, not vice-versa, had a huge influence on astronomers Johannes Kepler and Galileo Galilei, as well as Newton. Some shoulders are bigger than others. (Fox News -- Headlines)
European super-GPS looking good Jan 2, 2006
Or the fact that the Vatican cleared Galileo Galilei of heresy recently. Nope. (Inquirer)
