Galileo: The Starry Messenger
To many the Universe is a closed book of secrets never to be read. Almost four hundred years ago, an unknown court mathematician in Italy opened that book and laid the foundation for modern science. Galileo Galilei turned his telescope to the heavens to discover mountains and craters on the moon, four moons of Jupiter, and countless stars never before seen. Even more significant was his method of observation and mathematical analysis. He taught future scientists the way to discover the laws of nature.
The Starry Messenger is a dramatic fun filled adaptation of Galileo's short treatise Siderius Nuncius. Galileo (dressed in 17th century costume) arrives at your organization to present a public lecture on his most recent discoveries made using his newly devised spyglass. As he describes those discoveries, Galileo's new method of observation and measurement of nature become apparent. Throughout the presentation your esteemed scientists are actively involved in experiments and demonstrations.
Mike Francis, an actor and presenter fromerly with the Charles Hayden Planetarium at the Boston Museum of Science, talks, walks, teaches, reads and eats astronomy. Yes, this man can make a solar system from his lunch. His interactive dramatic presentations of astronomy have entertained children and adults in museums, libraries and schools --- and now, all the way from Massachusetts, Mike Francis is coming to Kensington!
