OpinionJuly 9, 2021
Galileo and the Pope Fell Out over a Story about a Cicada
The legendary scientist used the insects’ songs as a metaphor for his theories about the universe. It didn’t go well
Stories by Nuno Castel-Branco
Nuno Castel-Branco just completed his Ph.D. in the history of science at Johns Hopkins University where he taught several courses on the Galileo affair. He researches the career of Nicolaus Steno, an anatomist who worked for Grand Duke Ferdinand II de' Medici, Galileo's last patron. He will soon start a postdoctoral research fellowship at the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science in Berlin.