What do Aristotle and St. Aquinas have to do with the Galileo Affair? Parts 1 and 2

What do Aristotle and St. Aquinas have to do with the Galileo Affair? Parts 1 and 2

The Greek philoso­pher Aris­to­tle was born in 384 BCE. The Ital­ian philoso­pher St. Thomas Aquinas was born in 1225. Galileo Galilei was born on Feb­ru­ary 15, 1564. Between the three of them, there is a sto­ry that spans almost 2000 years. That sto­ry is known as the Galileo Affair.

Sofya Kovalevskaya

Sofya Kovalevskaya

When Sofya Kovalevskaya obtained the posi­tion of full pro­fes­sor at Stock­holm Uni­ver­si­ty, it was an excep­tion­al accom­plish­ment on behalf of women.

The Crumplers

The Crumplers

Many of us would not be alive today if it were not for the altru­is­tic work of all of our health­care work­ers. This February …
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