# #Mon Aug 09 11:50:40 CEST 2010 Slide__cjd2YKObEd-WfYQ0GneCwQ_subTitle=
On 19 April 1610, after reading Galileo's Sidereus Nunsius, Kepler wrote to Galileo\:
tuam, Galilaee, machinam, qua caelum ipsum terebrasti
Your device, Galileo, with which you even drilled the heavens