Four Lights Beside Jupiter

In the winter of 1609 a mathematics professor in Padua ground his own lenses, found mountains on the Moon and four moons circling Jupiter, and measured how things fall by rolling a ball down a grooved plank. Run all three experiments yourself, and follow the trial that ended with him under house arrest for life. Episode 01 of the Great Scientists series.

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