THE BOOK OF
GIANTS
Galileo gets into trouble
Chapter 6
For example, there was an ape named cGalileo,
2dWho invented physics,
3And therefore became a Giant of Science.
4eGalileo dropped two rocks off the Leaning Tower of Pisa and discovered gravity,
5Because both rocks fell all the way to the ground,
6Without stopping anywhere along the way.
7This was extremely significant because before Galileo discovered gravity, no one really knew what to expect when they dropped something.
8Maybe it would fall,
9Or maybe it would just hang around in the air,
10Or something.
11Anyway,
12fGalileo proceeded to tell absolutely anyone who would listen about what he had discovered,
13Which got him into trouble,
14Because one of the ones who listened was the gPope,
15hWho didn’t like it,
16iAnd made Galileo take it back,
17Which he did,
18jCompletely and absolutely,
19Except that he must have had his fingers crossed,
20Or something,
21kSince we still know about what he did with the two rocks,
22Which helps explain why everyone knows that you can’t suppress a really good idea,
23lFor more than a thousand years or so.
24And Galileo wasn’t the only Giant of Science in the Renaissance either.
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