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Science 22 November 2002:
Vol. 298. no. 5598, pp. 1557 - 1558
DOI: 10.1126/science.1079537
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HISTORY OF SCIENCE:
Nevertheless, It Does Move Us

A review by Jay M. Pasachoff

Galileo Galilei
Philip Glass, composer
Libretto by Mary Zimmerman with Philip Glass and Arnold Weinstein
Brooklyn Academy of Music, New York, 1 to 5 October, 2002.

This opera explores the life and science of the Renaissance astronomer in reverse, working from a frail, blind old man back to a fidgety young boy.
The author is in the Department of Astronomy, Williams College, Williamstown, MA 01267, USA. E-mail: Jay.M.Pasachoff{at}williams.edu

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Science. ISSN 0036-8075 (print), 1095-9203 (online)