'Eye test' for Galileo?
Scientists want to exhume the astronomer's body for DNA tests to see if bad vision could have affected his findings
PHILIP PULLELLA
Reuters
January 23, 2009 at 5:05 AM EST
ROME — Italian and British scientists want to exhume the body of 16th-century astronomer Galileo for DNA tests to determine if his severe vision problems may have affected some of his findings.
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Scientists want to exhume the astronomer's body for DNA tests to see if bad vision could have affected his findings
PHILIP PULLELLA
Reuters
January 23, 2009 at 5:05 AM EST
ROME — Italian and British scientists want to exhume the body of 16th-century astronomer Galileo for DNA tests to determine if his severe vision problems may have affected some of his findings.
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090123.wgalileo23/BNStory/Science/home
