Thursday, February 26, 2009

Galileo 2.0

Okay, i wasn't feeling to good yesterday, so i neglected to do a good job on my blog.
This is the remedy:


GALILEO!!!
While he might be the most awesome dude to have ever invented the telescope, or at least a powerful one, he recived LOTS of help from his eldest daughter, Virginia.  Born on August 12, 1600, she was considered unmarrageable because she was born out of wedlock.  So at the age of 13, Galileo sent her to live at the San Mateo Convent.  At the age of 16, she adopted the veil and changed her name to Suor Maria Celeste, after the virgin mary and her father's love of astronomy.

She greatly influenced Galileo's life, despite never being allowed to leave the convent. She was the head of the apothicary, which gave her access to numerous medicines that she was able to send to Galileo to keep him alive so he could change the world.  BEsides that, she was also his editor and gave him advice that may have saved his life.  As Galileo was called apon to go before the inquistion, she urged him to renounce his beliefs as heresy.  If not for her urging, Galileo would probably have died at the hands of the church.  She was also a very devout daughter who showed the same apptitude for learning that her father showed.

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