March 8th, 2008
Galileo’s body to be exhumed for DNA testing
Galileo’s tomb
Over 360 years ago Galileo died living as a recluse in Italy, a convicted heretic. His crime - he fell foul of the religious authorities of the day by arguing that the Earth revolved around the sun and not vice versa. His theory was subsequently found to be perfectly true.
Italian researchers, led by Prof Paulo Galluzzi, want to […]
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