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Did you know we owe the date of Easter to astronomers like Galileo?
Easter falls on the first Sunday after the first full moon following the March equinox. But by the 1500s, the Julian calendar was out of sync with the solar year, making it hard to calculate the right date. Enter the Gregorian calendar, introduced in 1582 (when Galileo was just a
Thank the Gods for Hygiene
Did you know that the word Hygiene comes from Hygieia, the Greek goddess of good health and the daughter of Asclepius, god of medicine!
Did you know that Galileo was the first scientist to measure heart rate?
At a young age, while watching a lamp swinging in the Pisa Cathedral, Galileo discovered that each full swing of a pendulum takes exactly the same amount of time regardless of whether the arc of the swing is wide or narrow. He used his own pulse to measure the time
Scientist rebel
Galileo (1564-1642) challenged some of the fundamental knowledge of his time, providing proof that certain long held beliefs were incorrect, and paving the way for a better scientific future. In his time it was accepted that the Earth was at the centre of the universe and the planets, including the