Listen: Galileo, man of Science

Pisa in Italy is perhaps best known for its famous leaning tower, but it was also the birthplace of someone who leaned so far away from conventional wisdom in his day that he eventually was condemned by the Catholic Church to spend his last years under house arrest. A voice portrait of Galileo Galilei. Produced by Brian Byrne for Kilcullen Diary.

Images: Justus Sustermans - Portrait of Galileo Galilei, 1636; Galileo spacecraft: NASA.

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