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Today in History - Baja is part of a round globe
Feb 13, 1633:
Galileo in Rome for Inquisition
"All truths are easy to understand once they are discovered; the point is
to discover them." - Galileo Gililei
On this day in 1633, Italian philosopher, astronomer and mathematician Galileo Galilei arrives in Rome to face charges of heresy for advocating
Copernican theory, which holds that the Earth revolves around the Sun. Galileo officially faced the Roman Inquisition in April of that same year and
agreed to plead guilty in exchange for a lighter sentence. Put under house arrest indefinitely by Pope Urban VIII, Galileo spent the rest of his days
at his villa in Arcetri, near Florence, before dying on January 8, 1642.
Galileo, the son of a musician, was born February 15, 1564, in Pisa, Italy. He entered the University of Pisa planning to study medicine, but shifted
his focus to philosophy and mathematics. In 1589, he became a professor at Pisa for several years, during which time he demonstrated that the speed of
a falling object is not proportional to its weight, as Aristotle had believed. According to some reports, Galileo conducted his research by dropping
objects of different weights from the Leaning Tower of Pisa. From 1592 to 1630, Galileo was a math professor at the University of Padua, where he
developed a telescope that enabled him to observe lunar mountains and craters, the four largest satellites of Jupiter and the phases of Jupiter. He
also discovered that the Milky Way was made up of stars. Following the publication of his research in 1610, Galileo gained acclaim and was appointed
court mathematician at Florence.
Galileo's research led him to become an advocate of the work of the Polish astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus (1473-1573). However, the Copernican theory
of a sun-centered solar system conflicted with the teachings of the powerful Roman Catholic Church, which essentially ruled Italy at the time. Church
teachings contended that Earth, not the sun, was at the center of the universe. In 1633, Galileo was brought before the Roman Inquisition, a judicial
system established by the papacy in 1542 to regulate church doctrine. This included the banning of books that conflicted with church teachings. The
Roman Inquisition had its roots in the Inquisition of the Middle Ages, the purpose of which was to seek out and prosecute heretics, considered enemies
of the state.
Today, Galileo is recognized for making important contributions to the study of motion and astronomy. His work influenced later scientists such as the
English mathematician and physicist Sir Isaac Newton, who developed the law of universal gravitation. In 1992, the Vatican formally acknowledged its
mistake in condemning Galileo.
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What? The sun doesn't revolve around us? No!!!!!
I guess we're not THAT important. 
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wait til Shari reads this!
   
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You'll have to wait a bit. Right now she's taking a skinny dip...
rats..damn lens keeps fogging up.
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She thinks its funny...
See...she's smiling. I think!
Undoubtedly, there are people who cannot afford to give the anchor of sanity even the slightest tug. Sam Harris
"The situation is far too dire for pessimism."
Bill Kauth
Carl Sagan said, "We are a way for the cosmos to know itself."
PEACE, LOVE AND FISH TACOS
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I had a friend in junior high who used a telescope much like Galileo.
He and his little brother lived in a victorian home on the upper floor. Every evening they would dim the lights and assume their positions at the
telescope.
Across from them lived a teenager who disrobed at this time in preparation for homework and bed.
My friend was not selfish though. He would let me call and describe the events over the phone. He never really described anything in detail. He used
code phrases: "She's reached first base now". And so on.
Believe it or not he's now the parish priest at Palo Alto. He doesn't like me to remind him of the past, though.
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hardy har har ....gotta love a heretic eh and a peeping pomp!
Just back from my dip...lovely indeed
ah galileo....for you I leave my curtains open amigo...
signed...
the girl with the whale tail tatoo
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The wolves of Baja are coming closer.....closer....clos...bump! ouch!
Sure.. the curtains are open, but you closed the damn window, girl!
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Z. please check you U2U
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y?
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O, Pomp, ICU812
Undoubtedly, there are people who cannot afford to give the anchor of sanity even the slightest tug. Sam Harris
"The situation is far too dire for pessimism."
Bill Kauth
Carl Sagan said, "We are a way for the cosmos to know itself."
PEACE, LOVE AND FISH TACOS
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