Podcast: Galileo and the science deniers, and physicists probe the mysterious pion

Podcast: Galileo and the science deniers, and physicists probe the mysterious pion

Podcast: Galileo and the science deniers

“Eppur si muove” — “And yet it moves”. That phrase, supposedly muttered by Galileo Galilei after his conviction for heresy, has become a symbol of intellectual defiance against science denialism. Astronomer Mario Livio talks to Nature Podcast about his new biography of the Pisan scientist, and the role he played in establishing the scientific method. “He really started the modern way of doing physics — and science in general,” Livio says.

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