A tribute to the genius…..

“Eppur si muove! " "And yet it moves”

Galileo Galilei

(15th Feb, 1564-08

th Jan, 1642)

Today my head bows in respect for the great man who despite the sheer tyranny and the stupidity of the

Catholic Church held his position and upheld the truth. Despite being accused of heresy and hence getting

house arrested in the later part of his life, despite being forced to accept the wrong model of the universe

by the Church, he kept preaching the Copernican model. Salute to the true genius.

For me he was a prophet (a real one) sent by the God (the real god) to teach the world how to decipher the

mysteries of the universe. To tell us how and why the things are the way they are.

To preach us the cosmic laws of the nature. To show us the beauties of the nature hidden in mathematical

relations and to understand and appreciate them. To expand the horizon of knowledge to the very limits of

the human understanding of that era.

His contribution to the world of science is truly magnanimous and few can argue with that. They indeed

are of great significance, and in physics that makes him stand out as a giant, far beyond the reach and

capability of any other scientists, except a possible few exceptions. And I being an amateur astronomer is

highly indebted to this genius for he was the first one in the unprecedented history of the mankind to see

the heaven more closely than anyone ever has done before him. In 1609 he first pointed his telescope

towards the sky and it felt as if Heaven was waiting there to shower the wonders upon its child. The

uneven surface of the moon, the revolving moons of the Jupiter, and the infinite amount of unseen stars.

The time might blur the significance of his contributions in the eyes of the normal man, but in the

scientific community he shall always be remembered as a great hero and a martyr. And his contributions

shall always be cherished.

Happy Birthday to the genius….