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Galileo: And the Science Deniers | Mario Livio

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Galileo’s story may be more relevant today than ever before. At present, we face enormous crises--such as the minimization of the dangers of climate change--because the science behind these threats is erroneously questioned or ignored. Galileo encountered this problem 400 years ago. His discoveries, based on careful observations and ingenious experiments, contradicted conventional wisdom and the teachings of the church at the time. Consequently, in a blatant assault on freedom of thought, his books were forbidden by church authorities.

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Galileo: And the Science Deniers | Mario Livio

The narrator, Jonathan Davis, does a fantastic job reading this extremely dense tale. It is packed tightly with European and ancient world history, science, and mathematical concepts. I can only listen to about 15 minutes at a time, to be honest as these areas are not my strengths. For those who are less gifted in the hard sciences, I would suggest the print version and reference sources on science and math!

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