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Eye Trouble May Have Affected Galileo's Observations

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Eye Trouble May Have Affected Galileo's Observations

Published Thursday, January 22, 2009 1:24:01 PM

Galileo’s vision problems may have distorted some of his
findings, Reuters reports. Scientists want to exhume the
scientist’s body to determine, through DNA tests, the
exact nature of his eye condition. “If we knew exactly what
was wrong with his eyes we could use computer models to
recreate what he saw in his telescope,” said the director
of a Florence museum.
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