Galileo
26th February 2009, 12:06 PM
Galileo's finger on show!
Astronomer's middle digit to draw crowds in Florence
(ANSA) - Florence, February 26 - The finger of Galileo Galilei, the only remaining part of the 17th-century astronomer, will go on show as part of a huge exhibition in Florence celebrating the 400th anniversary of his first landmark observations of the night sky.
The digit - specifically the middle finger from Galileo's right hand - will be among 250 exhibits on display at Palazzo Strozzi from March 13 to August 30 for Galileo: Images of the Universe from Antiquity to the Telescope.
In addition to giving the public a look at Galileo's finger, the show will examine the history of conceptions of the cosmos, with archaeological finds, scientific instruments, star maps, drawings, paintings and precious manuscripts from around the world.
READ THE REST:
http://www.ansa.it/site/notizie/awnplus/english/news/2009-02-26_126317874.html
SEE GALILEO'S FINGER!
http://www2.jpl.nasa.gov/galileo/finger.html
Inscription on the case with Galileo's finger:
This is the finger, belonging to the illustrious hand that ran through the skies
Pointing at the immense spaces, and singling out new stars
Offering to the senses a marvelous apparatus of crafted glass
And with wise daring they could reach where neither Enceladus nor Tiphaeus ever reached.
http://brunelleschi.imss.fi.it/museum/esim.asp?c=100193
READ ABOUT GALILEO'S FINGER!
Galileo's Finger: The Ten Great Ideas of Science
by Peter Atkins
http://www.amazon.com/Galileos-Finger-Great-Ideas-Science/dp/0198609418
Galileo flipping off the Catholic Church from beyond the grave
http://scienceblogs.com/omnibrain/2007/07/galileo_flipping_off_the_catho.php
Billy and Galileo's finger
http://flickr.com/photos/trigby/255825359/
What hot chicks think of Galileo's finger:
Alexis and Galileo's Finger
http://flickr.com/photos/waiferx/2843845266/
Me with Galileo's finger. It was weird, but this is a picture of me with the actual (piece of) Galileo!
http://picasaweb.google.com/akvogelsang/ItaliaParteCinqueFirenzeESiena#5219982503979323362
OTHER
Offcial website of Galileo's Middle Finger
http://gmf56.tripod.com/
Astronomer's middle digit to draw crowds in Florence
(ANSA) - Florence, February 26 - The finger of Galileo Galilei, the only remaining part of the 17th-century astronomer, will go on show as part of a huge exhibition in Florence celebrating the 400th anniversary of his first landmark observations of the night sky.
The digit - specifically the middle finger from Galileo's right hand - will be among 250 exhibits on display at Palazzo Strozzi from March 13 to August 30 for Galileo: Images of the Universe from Antiquity to the Telescope.
In addition to giving the public a look at Galileo's finger, the show will examine the history of conceptions of the cosmos, with archaeological finds, scientific instruments, star maps, drawings, paintings and precious manuscripts from around the world.
READ THE REST:
http://www.ansa.it/site/notizie/awnplus/english/news/2009-02-26_126317874.html
SEE GALILEO'S FINGER!
http://www2.jpl.nasa.gov/galileo/finger.html
Inscription on the case with Galileo's finger:
This is the finger, belonging to the illustrious hand that ran through the skies
Pointing at the immense spaces, and singling out new stars
Offering to the senses a marvelous apparatus of crafted glass
And with wise daring they could reach where neither Enceladus nor Tiphaeus ever reached.
http://brunelleschi.imss.fi.it/museum/esim.asp?c=100193
READ ABOUT GALILEO'S FINGER!
Galileo's Finger: The Ten Great Ideas of Science
by Peter Atkins
http://www.amazon.com/Galileos-Finger-Great-Ideas-Science/dp/0198609418
Galileo flipping off the Catholic Church from beyond the grave
http://scienceblogs.com/omnibrain/2007/07/galileo_flipping_off_the_catho.php
Billy and Galileo's finger
http://flickr.com/photos/trigby/255825359/
What hot chicks think of Galileo's finger:
Alexis and Galileo's Finger
http://flickr.com/photos/waiferx/2843845266/
Me with Galileo's finger. It was weird, but this is a picture of me with the actual (piece of) Galileo!
http://picasaweb.google.com/akvogelsang/ItaliaParteCinqueFirenzeESiena#5219982503979323362
OTHER
Offcial website of Galileo's Middle Finger
http://gmf56.tripod.com/