Galileo's Battle for the Heavens
Link:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1740433791949936037
In this two-hour special, NOVA celebrates the story of the father of modern
science and his struggle to get Church authorities to accept the truth of his
astonishing discoveries.
The program is based on Dava Sobel's bestselling book, Galileo's Daughter,
which reveals a new side to the famously stubborn scientist—that his closest
confidante was his illegitimate daughter, Sister Maria Celeste, a cloistered
nun.
The actor Simon Callow plays Galileo in dramatic reenactments of key moments
from his life: his pioneering telescopic observations of the Moon and planets,
his revolutionary experiments with falling objects, and his fateful trial
before the Inquisition for heresy.
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