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Recreate Experiments from History: Inform the Future from the Past: Galileo

Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyUnited StatesEC.050
Free, no sign-up neededJanuary IAP 2010English
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2010 marks the 400th anniversary of Galileo’s astonishing sightings of features on the moon, stars, and moons around Jupiter that no one had seen before. Recreate these new ways of seeing and exploring from the materials and techniques Galileo had on hand, while you reflect on the times and works of Galileo. What was it like to improvise new ways of seeing and exploring from the materials and techniques on hand? What do we notice? What surprises us?

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