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The Legacies of Galileo

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 October 2010

Franco Pacini
Franco Pacini*
Affiliation:
Arcetri Astrophysical Observatory, University of Florence, Italy email: pacini@arcetri.astro.it
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The scientific community is celebrating in 2009 the International Year of Astronomy. The timing coincides with the 400th anniversary of the first astronomical use of a telescope, when Galileo's observations demonstrated that the Earth is not alone in the Universe. One can hardly think of a more important event in the history of mankind.

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Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 5 , Highlights H15: Highlights of Astronomy , November 2009 , pp. 17 - 27
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