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Galileo's World-Changing Telescope Turns 400

By Jason Farago,  Newser Staff

Posted Aug 25, 2009 10:37 AM CDT

(Newser) – On August 25, 1609—400 years ago today—Galileo Galilei introduced Venice to the telescope, and the discoveries it enabled were every bit as revolutionary as Darwinism, writes Peter Walker of the Guardian. With his telescope, a brown stick weaker than today's store-bought models, Galileo...   Read full story »

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