Measuring hell: Was modern physics born in the Inferno?
by Chris Wright | 1/9/2011 | Boston Globe
“…It was Galileo who conclusively swept away the idea that the sun revolved around the Earth, who dismantled the looming edifice of Aristotelian physics. Unlike others of the age, the Italian steadfastly refused to hammer the square pegs of discovery into the round holes of conventional wisdom. Through an unremitting dedication to observation and experiment, it was he who ushered in the age of modern science….”
http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/ideas/articles/2011/01/09/measuring_hell/
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