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Pearl of Great Price
Jul 22, 20214 min read
July 21 Marcelo Glasier - Wonder and Cosmology
Today Marcelo Glasier, published a fascinating book, The Prophet and the Astronomer: Apocalyptic Science and the End of the World. It was...
Pearl of Great Price
Jul 17, 20214 min read
July 17 China, Matteo Ricci and the Oldest Newspaper
Ying Lianzhi, a Catholic Manchu aristocrat, founded a newspaper, today, in 1902 in order to, "help China become a modern and democratic...
Pearl of Great Price
Apr 19, 20213 min read
Apr 20 Angelo Secchi, Spectroscopy and the Papal Yacht
Today the Vaticans astronomer Fr Angelo Secchi came aboard the papal yacht on the Azure waters of the Mediterranean to demonstrate his...
Pearl of Great Price
Apr 16, 20213 min read
Apr 17 The Priest who Mapped the Moon
Today we look at the remarkable life of Giovanni Battista Ricciolo. A priest, professor of astronomer who was the fist person to map the...
Pearl of Great Price
Feb 18, 20211 min read
Feb 19 A Copernican Revolution
Today in 1473 Nicolaus Copernicus was born in the Kingdom of Poland. A mathematician, astronomer, and priest - he profoundly changed the...
Pearl of Great Price
Jan 25, 20213 min read
Jan 7 - Galileo starts a revolution
Today in 1610 the Italian Astronomer Galileo made his first observation of the four largest satellites of Jupiter, which are now named...
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