Was Galileo's Dad a Copernican?
May 27, 2015 6:45 AM Subscribe
I thought I read or heard somewhere that Vincenzo Galilei, the father of Galileo Galilei, was a Copernican and probably influenced his famous son (also a Copernican). I can't find any mention of the topic, however. If anyone is able to corroborate or disconfirm my memory on this I will be very grateful. Thanks in advance to anyone who gives it a whirl!
Response by poster: Thank you Cold Lurkey!
The relevant bit starts around 17:30 in the Nature podcast you linked.
Peter Pesic of St. John's College in Sante Fe claims Vincenzo was one of the first Italians to endorse Copernicanism in 1580 (Galileo was born in 1564), gave a "musical argument" for its correctness, and likely influenced Galileo.
The podcast also outlines how Vincenzo ran some of the first empirical experiments testing the mathematical ratios between intervals, and may also have influenced Galileo on that score as well.
Grazie mille
posted by airing nerdy laundry at 9:24 AM on May 27, 2015
The relevant bit starts around 17:30 in the Nature podcast you linked.
Peter Pesic of St. John's College in Sante Fe claims Vincenzo was one of the first Italians to endorse Copernicanism in 1580 (Galileo was born in 1564), gave a "musical argument" for its correctness, and likely influenced Galileo.
The podcast also outlines how Vincenzo ran some of the first empirical experiments testing the mathematical ratios between intervals, and may also have influenced Galileo on that score as well.
Grazie mille
posted by airing nerdy laundry at 9:24 AM on May 27, 2015
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