[MR] FW: [NOVA] "Galileo's Battle for the Heavens"

[Jeanne]

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> Next on NOVA: "Galileo's Battle for the Heavens"
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> http://www.pbs.org/nova/galileo/
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> Broadcast: July 6, 2004
> (NOVA airs Tuesday on PBS at 8 p.m. Check your local listings as
> dates and times may vary.)
>
> In this two-hour special, NOVA vividly reconstructs an epic
> historical confrontation: the bitter clash between a fiery
> scientific genius, Galileo Galilei, and the church authorities who
> tried to suppress his astonishing discoveries. The noted British
> actor Simon Callow (Four Weddings and a Funeral, Shakespeare in
> Love) plays Galileo in dramatic reenactments of key moments from his
> life: his pioneering telescopic observations of the Moon and
> planets, his revolutionary experiments with falling objects, and his
> fateful trial before the Inquisition for heresy.
>
> Here's what you'll find on the companion Web site:
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> Timeline, Articles, and More
>
>     His Life
>     Explore an illustrated chronology of Galileo's life and work.
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>     His Place in Science
>     Author Dava Sobel details why Galileo is the father of
>     modern science.
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>     His Telescope (and Sir Isaac's)
>     Galileo's refractor and Newton's reflector remain the two
>     standard types of optical telescopes today.
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>     His Big Mistake
>     How and why Galileo got it wrong about the tides.
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> Interactives
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>     His Experiments:
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>     Falling Objects
>     See how Galileo proved that light objects fall just as fast
>     as heavy ones.
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>     Projectiles
>     Does an object falling straight down reach the ground faster
>     than one that also has lateral motion?
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>     Inclined Planes
>     Play Galileo and calculate the rate of acceleration due to
>     gravity using an inclined plane.
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>     Pendulums
>     Experiment with our online version of a pendulum.
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> Resources
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>     Links & Books
>     Library Resource Kit
>     Teacher's Guide
>     Program Transcript
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> http://www.pbs.org/nova/galileo/
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