But it also has a connotation of a simpleton. In this book, galileo, anybody who read the book, saw that galileo was strongly supported, ridiculing the opinions, defending aristotles views. He and his friends said he wouldnt get permission to publish the book, he had to get permission from the catholic church. For the book to be truly accepted, edited the preference in the conclusion session, things were inconclusive, whether there was period perna, or aristotle he and version are correct. This preface, anybody who read the book, a special commission appointed to say whether galileo and it concluded absolutely, one of them said he holds that opinion. That was considered heretical and i should also mention 17 years earlier there was an injunction against livio which in the strict version did not allow galileo to hold, defend, perna and is him. Copernicanis him. And holding the copernican position, he thought it was okay but didnt fly very well. I want to emphasize a few points that gali
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Governors not doing enough and how important the National Guard is area and i think he is, hes making a partisan issue where i think in the past seen president s reach out and try to be compassionate and to win people togetherinstead of divide them. So i think thats been something weve seen with the pandemic and with these recent protests. How did your book come about, whats the genesis of it . Ive written a book called the residence and a couple of other books about the white house and ive always been fascinated by what happens behind the scenes on inauguration day. To me thats just a dramatic day in our history when one new family moves in another family moves out the public is looking at this west front of the capital and you know that this swearingin ceremony that we all watch, but really behindthescenes theres controlled chaos at the white house. And theres this last inauguration i was fascinated by the obamas taking off in the helicopter as right after President Trump was sworn i
Joining us my name is gavin and the director of programs exhibitions and partnerships for the National Historic society. I would like to extend a special welcome to anyone who might be attending a Virtual Program for the first time. Considering the size of our virtual crowd in the geographic diversity of the people who signed up, im sure there are some people who are in for the first time. If youre not familiar with nhs we are the oldest Historical Society in america. Founded in 1791 and have been an independent Nonprofit Institution dedicated to collecting, preserving, publishing and sharing our nation and States History the past 229 years. In these days of social distancing we are taking to hosting Virtual Events we have Online Events for every week through july. Next week we will be hosting a virtual tour the tour is titled misled and a look at historic a a these include mimic houses suspicious ain a marker that denotes the side of the famous vikings bar if youd like to join the tou
Dramatic moments, dont get dramatic and emotional about it. He said serve it cold, rather than you crying, let your reader cry by serving it cold. Thats what i tried to do. I dont mean cold like bloodles bloodless, but without any dramatic file in music. Thank you so much. I feel like we were just getting started, but thats the nature of this. My name is oliver. Im a columnist for the guardian. Im really excited about the panel we have today. Its kind of interesting to me , probably not interesting to anybody else on the planet. I stayed alive. Thank you. Its just one of those very ubiquitous reminders of how to function psychologically in our own life. Im the same person who was born 42 years ago. Why is it that the last few years seem to have gone by in about ten times the speed of the years when i was a teenager. Time is such precious resource. Why do i waste so much on twitter. I try to not use this. Its too valuable. Let me quickly introduce, and all medical order, we have alan, a