Program Title:
History Of Astronomy : Galileo
PRA Archive #:
BC1623.04
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History Of Astronomy : Galileo / James S. Pickering. - SERIES: Copernicus pencentenary| no. 4 - Pickering, of the Hayden planetarium, speaks on the life and work of Galileo, one of the first to use a telescope. He discovered the moons of Jupiter, the phases of Venus, and the uneven surface of the moon. His discoveries led him to be summonzed before the Inquesition, where he retracted his discoveries. - BROADCAST: KPFA, 3 Nov. 1973.
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28:00
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