Today marks 444 years of Galileo Galilei first look at the light in the city of Florence. His curiosity and intellect this man allowed to move the world and not only in the sense FIGS, as one of his stated that the earth was the center of the solar system but a mere planet revolving along with others around the star. Their studies also revealed that contrary to the thinking of the time, the universe was not static and unchanging. His changes were evident in the movements of celestial objects.
Condemned by the church to be disagreeing with the accepted ideas, was forced to recant in public which did not alter the fact that the earth moves, however.
Another interesting passage of his story is his experiment on the attraction of bodies and acceleration. The Florentine scholar used the slope of the famous tower of Pisa to prove that objects fall at the same rate regardless of weight or volume of bodies.
the first and most famous science writer stay with us a lot of research whose conclucion support a number of fundamental laws of physics, the astronomical telescope, inside an old cabinet in the Museum Storia della Science of the middle finger of his right hand
The vessel, which houses the relics of Galileo has an alabaster cylindrical base that reads:
"Do not despise the remains of the thumb, by which a right hand measuring paths in heaven, revealed to mortals ever and celestial bodies, to prepare a small piece of fragile glass, was the first to dare to perform an act that long ago was even beyond the power of the young Titans, who created high mountains in a vain attempt to ascend to high city. "
Curious to think that the finger that Galileo Galilei showed to future generations is the same with several students of Roman Today the Church showed their indignation when Pope Benedict tried to visit his university last month.
