Another Year Dawns
2022 is just around the corner. What does it have in store for us, and what do we hope to accomplish? Edith Lovejoy Pierce (quote above) makes a lovely suggestion.
I wish you all a Happy New Year and many more to come.
Earth Rotation Day
Today, we think about the Earth’s movement: rotation means to turn, and revolution to go around. It wasn't always evident that these motions occurred. Ptolemy postulated that the Earth was the center of the Universe and that the Sun revolved around our planet. Copernicus performed experiments that showed the opposite was true and published his results in 1543, months before his death. The printer added disclosures regarding the validity of the statements and suggested the information only aided astronomers. His book was banned by the Catholic church as heresy in 1616. In 1632, Galileo agreed with the Heliocentric Model aided by the use of his telescope. He, too, was accused of heresy and placed under house arrest for the remainder of his life. It was not until 1758 that the Catholic Church decided it was not heretical to say the Earth rotates around the Sun. Leon Foucault proved the theory of rotation with his famous pendulum experiment. You can view the Pendulum in the Paris P
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