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Galileo and the Science Deniers

Four hundred years ago Galileo Galilei’s scientific findings were rejected because they didn’t fit the prevailing beliefs of the time. His story is disturbingly relevant today. Astrophysicist and author Mario Livio and Scientific American editor Clara Moskowitz to discusses lessons from Galileo’s life for dealing with science deniers now, plus a historical detective story about Galileo’s famous motto, “And yet it moves.”

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Mario Livio worked for 24 years with the Hubble Space Telescope and is a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Livio is also author of seven popular science books, including, most recently, Galileo and the Science Deniers (Simon & Schuster, 2020).

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Clara Moskowitz is a senior editor at Scientific American, where she covers astronomy, space, physics and mathematics. She has been at Scientific American for a decade; previously she worked at Space.com. Moskowitz has reported live from rocket launches, space shuttle liftoffs and landings, suborbital spaceflight training, mountaintop observatories, and more. She has a bachelor's degree in astronomy and physics from Wesleyan University and a graduate degree in science communication from the University of California, Santa Cruz.

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