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Posts from ‘November, 2009’

Galileo: Genius – just don’t ask him how his telescope works

Aspects of the lives of  famous people inevitably get magnified, diminished, distorted or simply lost with the passing years. That’s why we need respected scholars with the learning and gravitas of  Professor William Shea who, speaking recently at the Royal Geological Society, took us – somewhat teasingly but with due respect – beyond the accepted [...]