Exactly 400 years ago today, on 25 August 1609, the Italian astronomer and philosopher Galilei Galileo showed Venetian merchants his new creation, a telescope – the instrument that was to bring him both scientific immortality and, more immediately, a whole lot of trouble.
A good deal more people are likely to be alerted thanks to Google’s day-long adaptation of their main page logo to a Google Doodle in honour of the event.
PS: I wish i had a telescope. Maybe I should built one myself, but how to.. that is the problem.
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