Telescopes that Rocked Our World
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The Astrology of Galileo
Galileo taught in Venice for almost 20 years. He always needed funding like all scientists. And there's always the depockets of the military who can help that out. So there it was, a military instrument. Alright, so Galileo was now selling his telescope to the military? Yes, yes. But then he had the idea of perfecting the instrument and looking at the moon. And that's when everything changed.
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