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Galileo’s Moon Drawings (2014)
- 725686 11y agoOne of the commenters state that the watercolors are fake.
- matco11 11y agoAnother commenter clarifies: The authenticity of the water color drawings sheet is undisputed; what was shown to be a forgery – see http://skyweek.wordpress.com/2012/06/26/nuncius-mit-angeblich-von-galilei-selbst-gemalten-bildern-offenbar-komplette-falschung http://skyweek.wordpress.com/2012/06/26/nuncius-mit-angeblic... – was an alleged proof copy of the Nuncius that also contained water colors.
- enoch_r 11y agoIn 1609-10, Galileo's contemporary Thomas Harriot was also drawing the moon: http://galileo.rice.edu/sci/harriot_moon.html http://galileo.rice.edu/sci/harriot_moon.html Interestingly, in his first drawing (made before seeing Galileo's drawings), there is no sense at all that the unevenness of the shadow across the moon is a sign that there are valleys and mountains on the moon. He looked at the same thing as Galileo, but possibly because he was a much less accomplished artist, didn't recognize what he was seeing as depth. I read about this in a book called The Invention of Science--absolutely fascinating.
- Raphmedia 11y agoHa! Sheeples! The moon is a hoax. http://www.revisionism.nl/Moon/The-Mad-Revisionist.htm http://www.revisionism.nl/Moon/The-Mad-Revisionist.htm (This is a satire website but I recommend taking a look at it. It's a good laugh!)