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asiostygius wrote:
Last ( I promised) sequence from my "Galilean pilgrimage":
Siderius Nuncius by Galileo Galilei. 1610:
The first astronomical findings of Galileo are in this seminal book. Some cropping. Museo Galileo, Firenze.
Dialogo, by Galileo Galilei, 1632:
The book that provoked a lifelong house arrest sentence to Galileo...until his death!
Galileo's Villa facade at Arcetri - Firenze suburb, his last residence
After abjuring his astronomical findings, Galileo was sentenced to lifelong house arrest, living confined here almost 10 years, from 1633 to 1642.
And 360 years later: "On 31 October 1992, Pope John Paul II expressed regret for how the Galileo affair was handled, and officially conceded that the Earth was not stationary ..."
Justice delayed is justice denied.
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