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Seems to me that Galileo had a problem of proving 'stellar parallax' to his peers and that our convenient history stories overlook this little detail. Darwin w
by Theodores 8y ago
Seems to me that Galileo had a problem of proving 'stellar parallax' to his peers and that our convenient history stories overlook this little detail.
Darwin was also deferential to the church. It does not pay off long term.
- michaelsbradley 8y agoIt's not a "perfect" essay — the author seems to be a bit confused about the nature of parallax — but I think it's quite interesting and helpful nonetheless. http://nautil.us/issue/60/searches/the-popular-creation-story-of-astronomy-is-wrong http://nautil.us/issue/60/searches/the-popular-creation-stor... Also helpful: https://www.quora.com/Why-did-science-make-little-real-progress-in-Europe-in-the-Middle-Ages-3 https://www.quora.com/Why-did-science-make-little-real-progr...
- Theodores 8y agoThe Nautilus article is really helpful, seems everything we work out as humans is a discourse between writer and readers, getting there in the end. But we need our heroes and, here as well as with Darwin, there are precedents that don't make it into the history books.