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Lecture Details
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April 15, 2009 at 7:30pm |
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| Subject: |
The Autopsy of Heaven: Galileo, Telescopes, and the Beginning of Modern Science |
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John Dillon |
| Abstract: |
The world is about to celebrate the 400th anniversary of Galileo’s telescope and the revolutionary observations he made with it. When he published his discoveries, the story goes, Galileo threw off the yoke of the ancient Greeks and challenged the authority of the Church – thus opening the way for “modern” science. John Dillon will take a longer view of the history of science and explore a subtler, more complex, relationship between Galileo, telescopes, Science and the Church.
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| Speaker Bio: |
John Dillon is semi-retired as a Curator of the Randall Museum and is a Past President of the SF Amateur Astronomers. He did his graduate work in Zoology and Philosophy at Duke University and studied History of Science at Cambridge University. He currently teaches History and Philosophy of Science at UC Berkeley Extension and Stanford Continuing Studies. |
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