# #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

Slide__cjd2YKObEd-WfYQ0GneCwQ_footer=Galileo Galilei\: Sidereus Nuncius, 1610 Slide__cjd2YKObEd-WfYQ0GneCwQ_title=