plus details of all our services and meditations, and something that caught our eye this week.
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4pm Today!
Br. Guy Consolmagno
Director of the Vatican Observatory
Physics Department Colloquium 4 pm Wednesday 10th October Lecture Theatre 2, The Blackett Laboratory 5 pm – reception on level 8. Everyone welcome!
Discarded Worlds: Astronomical ideas that were almost correct...
Br. Guy Consolmagno
Director of the Vatican Observatory
President of the Vatican Observatory Foundation
Astronomy is more than just observing; it's making sense of those observations. A good theorist needs a good imagination... and no fear of being wrong. Ptolemy in ancient Rome, the medieval bishops Oresme and Cusa, the 19th century astronomers Schiaparelli and Pickering, all rose to the challenge; and they were all almost correct. Which is to say, they were wrong... sometimes hilariously, sometimes heartbreakingly so. What lessons can 21st century astronomers take from these discarded images?
Things that caught our eye this week...
Belief is back: why the world is putting its faith in religion
Fifty years ago, religion was on the retreat as science advanced. Now it is centre stage of global politics. What does it offer the modern world, asks Neil MacGregor? Read the full article
