Galileo Galilei was locked up after the Roman Inquisition found him guilty of heresy. That was 1633, but Professor Avi Loeb of Harvard University is going through his own tribulations. The eminent scholar is viewed by some as controversial, which sparked an outpouring against his new initiative to finally answer …
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The Sidereus Nuncius, or ‘Starry Message’, originally published by father of modern science and astronomy Galileo Galilei on March 13, 1610, was the first systematic and published scientific study based on observations made through a telescope. The astronomical treatise was completed using Galileo’s first telescopes, which had 8x to 10x …
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The cost of the books exceeds two million dollars.In London, stole more than 160 rare antique books Dating back to the 15-16 century and worth about two million pounds. A gem among the stolen books, the publication of Nicolaus Copernicus, which is estimated at 215 thousand pounds. In stolen edition …
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