Galileo was my first scientific hero, and he's never really left. His telescope pointed at the sky and his grand book of the universe keep turning up in my writing, from 2014 all the way to 2026.
How the word moved
In August 2014 he was the man who took a merchant's gadget for spotting ships at sea and turned it ninety degrees toward the stars. That turn is still my favourite example of what a design move in philosophy looks like. By March 2026 I was leaning on his other image, the book of the world. Same hero, different instrument.
In my words
"Galileo was my first scientific hero."
from The Planetary Syllabus. Time, Part IV: The Planetary Durée and The Book of the World, 31 Mar 2026
Related
- Related Book of the World - his grand book of the universe is the ancestor of my phrase.
- Related Design of Philosophy - the telescope's ninety degree turn is the example I use there.
- Related Epistron - text and telescope show up together there as tools of knowing.