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  1. November 27th: Channeling Galileo


    365 Days of Astronomy — Authority 497
    Date: November 27, 2009 Title: Channeling Galileo Podcaster: Mark Thompson Organization: Galileo 1610:  http://www.galileo […] 1610.com/ Description: What is it like to be Galileo? Mark Thompson shares some personal reflections of his […] experiences impersonating the famous Italian astronomer and raconteur Galileo Gallilei for over a decade, and especially during
    4 weeks ago

  2. ♫ I took a little souvenir-o of a man / Stole a tooth, stole a tooth, …


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  3. How three wise men and a tube helped us find our place in the universe


    The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority 986
    the disorderly progress of scientific discovery. For instance, we learn that Galileo did not "invent" the telescope in […] had predicted the "wonders of refracted vision" in 1267 and, more than three decades before Galileo, at least two writers […] had described peering into the distance with the aid of lenses. Nor was Galileo the first to look at the heavens through
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  4. Galileo’s missing fingers and tooth found (probably)


    The History Blog — Authority 127
    ) announced Friday that Galileo Galilei’s right thumb, index finger and a tooth , missing since 1905, have been found. Three […] fingers, a tooth and a vertebra were removed from Galileo’s body by science historian and naturalist Giovanni Targioni […] Tozzetti in 1737, 95 years after Galileo’s death. By then the Church’s case against Galileo had been weakened by a century of
    4 weeks ago

  5. December 6th: Galileo and the Moons of Jupiter


    365 Days of Astronomy — Authority 497
    Date: December 6, 2009 Title: Galileo and the Moons of Jupiter Podcaster: Emily Lakdawalla Organization: The […] Planetary Society Blog:  http://www.planetary.org/blog/ Description: Four hundred years ago next month, Galileo discovered […] , Ganymede, and Callisto, up close. Despite the catastrophic failure of the high-gain antenna, the Galileo mission
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  6. One scientific truth: Gores no galileo


    NY Post — Authority 912
    Ralph Peters articulates our reservations about global warming, cap-and-trade and the transfer of wealth which emerging nations are demanding from developed ones ("When Scientists Lie," PostOpinion, Dec. 12). Sending billions of our shriveling dol...
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  7. Galileo and PreCash Sign Five-Year Extension Agreement


    PR News Wire — Authority 869
    SALT LAKE CITY, Dec. 18 /PRNewswire/ -- Galileo Processing, Inc., the leading provider of next-generation financial […] payments. Galileo is currently the processor for PreCash reloadable prepaid cards, including the Vision Premier® Prepaid Visa
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  8. Galileo EGS-1 Electronic Golf Scope


    Ubergizmo — Authority 749
    Golfers are often obsessed with their scores, and the Galileo EGS-1 Electronic Golf Scope could potentially help you […] carrying case with belt loop. Galileo is offering it for $49.99. Permalink: Galileo EGS-1 Electronic Golf
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  9. Galileo Application Days Supported by ESA


    PR News Wire — Authority 869
    NOORDWIJK, The Netherlands, December 15 /PRNewswire/ --
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  10. The Galileo Code


    RochesterConservative.com — Authority 427
    oppressed Galileo. Our own time, Nisbet insisted, has seen much worse: Probably more scientists have been adversely affected […] conventional wisdom in America since World War II . . . than existed in the whole of the world in Galileo’s day. Early on, Nisbet […] adds, Galileo told his friend Kepler that he was censoring himself for “fear not of ecclesiastical but of scientific
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