Today in Science (0920)

i-c8bc10617c1c75dea24f433db5295501-galileotrial.jpg

Events

1633 - Galileo Galilei is tried before the Inquisition.

Births

1842 - James Dewar, Scottish chemist

Deaths

1884 - Leopold Fitzinger, Austrian zoologist

I should've known that our LN2-filled storage vessels are named for some long dead chemist.

Peter Teiman from Sweden.
There is no doubt that Galileo was probably one of the main progenitors of the renaissance.
Peter Teiman

By Peter Teiman (not verified) on 20 Sep 2007 #permalink