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...original printing of Sidereus Nuncius (Starry Messenger, 1610), in which he describes the contours of the moon as seen through his newly invented telescope, or to marvel at a first edition of Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems (1632), his challenge to the Ptolemaic view of an Earth-centered universe...
...they were done quickly, but with incredible precision," says Bredekamp. Galileo's renderings revealed the moon's shadows as craters, hills and valleys. Identifying such Earthlike topography in a heavenly body was an important step toward the conclusion that later put him at odds with the Catholic Church: that Earth was not the center of the universe...
...marketability of youthful rebellion. Every year on his birthday (Jan. 8) and death date, new packages of his old music and movies are snapped up as instant relics by his venerable fans, even as they attract kids who hadn't been born when he was just the King on earth...
...potential to make the problem worse. Still, Mission team chairman John Shannon said that, according to his team's analysis, the damage should pose no risk to the astronaut crew on the return home. There is, however, potential for more damage to the shuttle itself on re-entry into Earth's atmosphere when temperatures in the rear of the ship could reach 2300 degrees Fahrenheit. Shannon and his team will now have to decide what to do next. And the results of that decision will reflect the success of reforms set in place after the last shuttle disaster...
Harvard students tend to celebrate diversity. For ten months of the year, we live in the most colorful place on earth: a campus wallpapered with advertisements for events that venerate difference, planned by groups that define their membership along ethnic, religious, or cultural lines, and whose shared aim is to promote “intercultural and race relations...