Virginia and Andrea
Virginia's suitor
Who is Ludovico?
force that pulls an object to earth
What is gravity?
Vatican, Rome
What is home or headquarters of RCC and Pope?
"Good evening. I am leaving Italy. To do scientific work in Holland. I was asked to see him on my way through and bring the latest news of him."
Who is Andrea? (Scene 14)
Word for earth centered universe
What is geocentric?
According to Virginia, how did her father react to the carnival in which the Church was ridiculed.
What is with "condemnation"?
Sunspots and their movement suggest this motion
What is the sun's rotation on an axis?
Christian vs. Christian war in Europe, 1618-1648
What is the Thirty Years' War?
"Last night I couldn't get rid of the thought that he should never have left the republic of Venice."
Who is Little Monk (scene 14)
Word for sun centered universe or a solar system.
What is heliocentric?
No one can fly through the air on a stick. Unless it has some sort of machine attached to it. Such machines dont exist yet.
What is spoken by Andrea from the last lines of the play?
32.17 ft/s^2 or in theory ag = dv / dt
What is the acceleration of gravity?
Giordano Bruno
Who was a heretic with Copernican ideas and preaching his own cosmology based on it?
"For independent spirits spread like foul diseases....Though it is nice for once to do as one pleases."
Who is the Ballad Singer? (Scene 10)
The moon and Venus both have these.
What are phases?
"You'll be surprised, but there is no crystal sphere." Philo: "But any textbook will tell you there is, my good man." "Then we need...______________"
What is Andrea saying, then we need new textbooks? (Scene 4)
Named after members of the Medici family
What Galileo calls the four moons he sees orbiting Jupiter?
Cardinal Barberini after 1623
Who is Pope Urban VIII?
"The aim of science is not to open the door to everlasting wisdom, but to set a limit to everlasting error."
Who is Galileo? (Scene 9)
Ancient Greek notion adopted by the Christian Church of crystalline spheres circling earth.
What is the Ptolemaic system?
Galileo's reply to Andrea who says Unhappy the land that has no heroes.
the so-called Milky Way according to Galileo is actually
What are stars?
Book of Joshua
Where is line about the sun standing still in the bible?
"I wanted to talk to you about your marriage...you have no mother and your father just puts pieces of ice in water....I do think you should go to a real astronomer at a university and consult about your horoscope."
Who is Mrs. Sarti (to Virginia)? (Scene 9)
The 'title' Galileo hide in his globe
What is 'The Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems' ?