Celebrating the 415th Anniversary of Galileo’s Insight!

Jan 12, 2025 104

BY: Avi Loeb

One of the most accomplished American sculptors, Greg Wyatt, described by Professor Sir Stanley Wells as America’s Rodin, decided to donate two new bronze sculptures of the Italian astronomer Galileo Galilei to my office at Harvard University. This week is special, as it marks exactly 415 years to the discovery of Jupiter’s moons, which is the inspiration for one of Greg’s sculptures.

Last week, I removed all the file cabinets from my office to clear out extra walk-around space for these 3D sculptures, which are the size of a person. This was the biggest face-lift that my office received over my 32 years at Harvard. 

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