Galileo’s Telescope Changed the World & Today Reaches Its 400th Anniversary
Exactly 400 years ago today, on August 25, 1609, the Italian astronomer and philosopher Galilei Galileo showed Venetian merchants his new creation, a telescope – the instrument that was to bring him scientific immortality.
How would our scientific knowledge be different without the telescope?
What do you think is the most important discovery made using this instrument?
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