Poetry- Physics &Science Entropy | 25 Jul 2008
Physics professor Mike Finn, in true liberal-arts style, incorporates poetry into his physic. The poem “Galileo Galilei” was written to force his astronomy students to consider the story of the great scientist in a new way. Once again, the Inquisition questioned me, Are you quite certain of what you have claimed to see? I sweated, [...]
Philosophy &Science Entropy | 09 Dec 2007
Philosophy is written in this grand book- I mean the universe – Which stands Continually open to our gaze, But it cannot be understood, Unless one first learns to comprehend the language And interpret the character in which it is written. – Galileo Galilei , Il Saggiatore
Philosophy &Science Entropy | 23 Jul 2007
Einstein’s favorite scientist died an ardent Catholic. by Liza Lentini 1 Galileo was sent to a Jesuit monastery to study medicine. But after four years he announced he’d found his calling: to be a monk. His father withdrew him—but not before Galileo joined the order, making him a defrocked priest for life. 2 Nicolaus Copernicus [...]