Items of Interest March 26, 2012 Issue

'Universe' exhibit in Pisa, Italy, spotlights scientific discoveries

Alessandro Speciale

“In Galileo’s hometown, Vatican promotes science” © 2012 Religion News Service. February 2, 2012.

Nearly four centuries after the Roman Catholic Church branded Galileo Galilei a heretic for positing that the sun was the center of the universe, the Vatican is co-hosting a major science exhibition in his hometown.

The Vatican is teaming with Italy’s main physics research center to host “Stories from Another World. The Universe Inside and Outside of Us,” in Pisa.

The exhibit will illustrate the progress of knowledge of the physical universe, from prehistoric times to recent discoveries. The exhibit is organized by the Specola Vaticana—the Vatican-supported observatory—and Italy’s National Institute for Nuclear Physics, together with Pisa University’s physics department. . . .

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