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| Paper: |
Galileo: A Reverie |
| Volume: |
441, The Inspiration of Astronomical Phenomena VI |
| Page: |
435 |
| Authors: |
Impey, C. |
| Abstract: |
One day, I'm musing about the vast progress in astronomy in 400 years
since Galileo first used the telescope. How would he react to mirrors
as large as a small house and telescopes in space and observatories
that detect waves billions of times larger and millions of times
smaller than the eye can see? In the reverie, Galileo is beside me, in
the flesh and in his prime. He looks at me quizzically and asks what
we've learned and how our methods have evolved since he published his
first telescopic observations. |
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