Scientists to solve astronomical riddle using Galileo DNA
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No I don't think da Vinci published anything posthumously on account of him being dead and all.
OK, right, so he didn't publish stuff. I don't think this makes him lesser. Is your claim that he did it for moral reasons speculation, or is there some evidence for that?
If this is evidence, I don't find it very good evidence. He could have easily gained his reputation through his results, not through publishing his research.
No, but if you can point me to some actual evidence that he actually published something, I'd like to take a look at it.
Why are you being so agressive about this?
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Hatchet: Perhaps you could see what spawned me to comment, particularly, the kind of man I'm responding to, please.
If you don't understand after that, then I don't think you get it.
And it is possible to have one's works published after one is dead.
If you don't understand after that, then I don't think you get it.
And it is possible to have one's works published after one is dead.
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They bottled Einsten's brain before he was cremated. After he was dead, obviously.
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I'll do it for less. Say, the cost of the tools and a fortnight in Italy, expenses paid.
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It's the bit between the body and the bottle that kills you for certain.
(Damn, which Monty Python file was it? "You donated your liver." "That was after I was dead!" "I've yet to see anyone survive me taking their liver out." Meaning of Life, was it?)
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It was indeed Meaning of Life, right before the Galaxy song.
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I'd hold out for bail money guaranteed too if I were you.
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Archeologists Want to dig up Tycho Brahe!
Archeologists Want to dig up Tycho Brahe!
Hamlet may have poisoned stargazer Tycho Brahe in mercury murder
Bojan Pancevski in Vienna
A murder mystery involving royal intrigues and an eccentric scientist with a golden nose could be resolved after 400 years when researchers open the tomb of Tycho Brahe, the Danish astronomer, in the light of new evidence that he was murdered by a contract killer.
Archeologists are waiting for permission to open the tomb in the Tyn Cathedral, one of the landmarks of the Old Town in Prague. Brahe, the first astronomer to describe a supernova, in 1572, is also famous for his incredibly accurate measurements of celestial movements in the pre-telescope era and for having catalogued more than 1,000 new stars.
The wealthy nobleman is said to have worn a prosthetic nose of gold and silver after losing his own at the age of 20 in a rapier duel resulting from a row over a mathematical formula.
A new theory by Danish scholars claims that Brahe was poisoned with mercury on the orders of Christian IV, the King of Denmark, because the astronomer had an affair with his mother. It is even suggested that Shakespeare used the alleged liaison as an inspiration for Hamlet.
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http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article5569868.ece
Archeologists Want to dig up Tycho Brahe!
Hamlet may have poisoned stargazer Tycho Brahe in mercury murder
Bojan Pancevski in Vienna
A murder mystery involving royal intrigues and an eccentric scientist with a golden nose could be resolved after 400 years when researchers open the tomb of Tycho Brahe, the Danish astronomer, in the light of new evidence that he was murdered by a contract killer.
Archeologists are waiting for permission to open the tomb in the Tyn Cathedral, one of the landmarks of the Old Town in Prague. Brahe, the first astronomer to describe a supernova, in 1572, is also famous for his incredibly accurate measurements of celestial movements in the pre-telescope era and for having catalogued more than 1,000 new stars.
The wealthy nobleman is said to have worn a prosthetic nose of gold and silver after losing his own at the age of 20 in a rapier duel resulting from a row over a mathematical formula.
A new theory by Danish scholars claims that Brahe was poisoned with mercury on the orders of Christian IV, the King of Denmark, because the astronomer had an affair with his mother. It is even suggested that Shakespeare used the alleged liaison as an inspiration for Hamlet.
READ THE REST:
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article5569868.ece
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This argument about Leonardo vs. Galileo is silly.
Galileo was one of the most important figures in the history of science. He advanced human knowledge in areas like mechanics, optics, astronomy, etc. His work enlightened and inspired his successors like Newton, Huygens, Tartaglia and many others to greater achievements. He has been variously called the "father of modern observational astronomy", the "father of modern physics", the "father of science", and "the Father of Modern Science.
In contrast, Leonardo was a brilliant polymath and dilettante, whose work was astonishingly futuristic and innovative, but he accomplished nothing of significance in science and did nothing to advance science. He is a fascinating historical figure and he was a good painter.
Galileo was one of the most important figures in the history of science. He advanced human knowledge in areas like mechanics, optics, astronomy, etc. His work enlightened and inspired his successors like Newton, Huygens, Tartaglia and many others to greater achievements. He has been variously called the "father of modern observational astronomy", the "father of modern physics", the "father of science", and "the Father of Modern Science.
In contrast, Leonardo was a brilliant polymath and dilettante, whose work was astonishingly futuristic and innovative, but he accomplished nothing of significance in science and did nothing to advance science. He is a fascinating historical figure and he was a good painter.