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Galileo Galilei (1564–1642)
Autograph notes on the satellites of Jupiter, 14–25 January 1611On this scrap of paper (an unfolded envelope), Galileo recorded the positions of four satellites of Jupiter over a period of several nights. He had observed the moons with the aid of his newly constructed telescope and published his findings in his revolutionary book The Starry Messenger (1610). He then worked to define more precisely the periods of the orbits of the Jovian moons, setting up his telescope night after night and making notes such as these. In a radical departure from his university training, Galileo insisted that scientific theory be grounded in observation and physical evidence rather than reliance on ancient authority.
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Histoire Naturelle des Indes
Illustrated manuscript, ca. 1586This work has been informally dubbed the Drake manuscript because the English explorer Sir Francis Drake is twice mentioned in the text and some thirty geographical references match his ports of call.
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Farmer Wu Yulu drives his rickshaw pulled by a his self-made walking robot near his home near Beijing, on January 8, 2009.
Women wearing nylon masks walk toward the shore during a visit to a beach in Qingdao, Shandong province, on July 6, 2012. The mask, which was invented by a Chinese woman about seven years ago, is used to block the sun’s rays. The mask is now under mass production and is on sale at local swimwear stores. (via Chinese DIY Inventions - In Focus - The Atlantic)
