Dr. Brian Keating

And then I got a grant from a three-letter agency, which is the beginning of many, many scientists' careers. I got a grant from the MOM agency, my mother. She supplemented my $2 an hour salary at the Venice Delicatessen in Dobbs Ferry. And I ended up getting a telescope for $75. And I cherish this thing. And then I was like, oh, let me look at these things in the sky. And it's pretty amazing.

And then I got a grant from a three-letter agency, which is the beginning of many, many scientists' careers. I got a grant from the MOM agency, my mother. She supplemented my $2 an hour salary at the Venice Delicatessen in Dobbs Ferry. And I ended up getting a telescope for $75. And I cherish this thing. And then I was like, oh, let me look at these things in the sky. And it's pretty amazing.

And then I got a grant from a three-letter agency, which is the beginning of many, many scientists' careers. I got a grant from the MOM agency, my mother. She supplemented my $2 an hour salary at the Venice Delicatessen in Dobbs Ferry. And I ended up getting a telescope for $75. And I cherish this thing. And then I was like, oh, let me look at these things in the sky. And it's pretty amazing.

I don't know if you know the history of telescopes, but the first ones were invented because of the glass that was present to make eyeglasses. So telescopes came from eyeglasses. Where was the best glasses? Where were the best glasses made? In the Netherlands. So actually the telescope and the microscope were both invented in Holland.

I don't know if you know the history of telescopes, but the first ones were invented because of the glass that was present to make eyeglasses. So telescopes came from eyeglasses. Where was the best glasses? Where were the best glasses made? In the Netherlands. So actually the telescope and the microscope were both invented in Holland.

I don't know if you know the history of telescopes, but the first ones were invented because of the glass that was present to make eyeglasses. So telescopes came from eyeglasses. Where was the best glasses? Where were the best glasses made? In the Netherlands. So actually the telescope and the microscope were both invented in Holland.

And the guy who invented the telescope is very interesting because it would be like he made the telescope, but he never thought to look at the night sky with it. He only used it as a spyglass to look at objects on the horizon or in a city or whatever. He never went like this, looked up at 45. That required Galileo. So he's my absolute hero of all science. We'll talk about him later maybe.

And the guy who invented the telescope is very interesting because it would be like he made the telescope, but he never thought to look at the night sky with it. He only used it as a spyglass to look at objects on the horizon or in a city or whatever. He never went like this, looked up at 45. That required Galileo. So he's my absolute hero of all science. We'll talk about him later maybe.

And the guy who invented the telescope is very interesting because it would be like he made the telescope, but he never thought to look at the night sky with it. He only used it as a spyglass to look at objects on the horizon or in a city or whatever. He never went like this, looked up at 45. That required Galileo. So he's my absolute hero of all science. We'll talk about him later maybe.

Galileo was the first person to ever look up with this telescope and spot objects in the solar system, in the universe that had never been seen before with a scientific tool. So everybody had used their eyes, back to Tycho Brahe, Kepler, Copernicus, they had to use their eyes, which are telescopes, I'll get back to that, don't worry.

Galileo was the first person to ever look up with this telescope and spot objects in the solar system, in the universe that had never been seen before with a scientific tool. So everybody had used their eyes, back to Tycho Brahe, Kepler, Copernicus, they had to use their eyes, which are telescopes, I'll get back to that, don't worry.

Galileo was the first person to ever look up with this telescope and spot objects in the solar system, in the universe that had never been seen before with a scientific tool. So everybody had used their eyes, back to Tycho Brahe, Kepler, Copernicus, they had to use their eyes, which are telescopes, I'll get back to that, don't worry.

I know you afford me the podcaster's predilection of going off on long tangents, but I think this is good. Galileo then said, well, I'm gonna take this telescope and look at these objects that are otherwise look like stars. And in fact, were called basically wanderers because they're the only things that moved. He first looked at the moon.

I know you afford me the podcaster's predilection of going off on long tangents, but I think this is good. Galileo then said, well, I'm gonna take this telescope and look at these objects that are otherwise look like stars. And in fact, were called basically wanderers because they're the only things that moved. He first looked at the moon.

I know you afford me the podcaster's predilection of going off on long tangents, but I think this is good. Galileo then said, well, I'm gonna take this telescope and look at these objects that are otherwise look like stars. And in fact, were called basically wanderers because they're the only things that moved. He first looked at the moon.

Now take yourself back to 1609 when he was first looking at these objects. In 1699, there were no clocks. There were no scientific tools of any real virtue. He, in fact, would invent many of these things. There were simple things like a magnetic compass, a slide rule, which none in your main demographic will know what a slide rule is, but that's OK. Very simple tools.

Now take yourself back to 1609 when he was first looking at these objects. In 1699, there were no clocks. There were no scientific tools of any real virtue. He, in fact, would invent many of these things. There were simple things like a magnetic compass, a slide rule, which none in your main demographic will know what a slide rule is, but that's OK. Very simple tools.

Now take yourself back to 1609 when he was first looking at these objects. In 1699, there were no clocks. There were no scientific tools of any real virtue. He, in fact, would invent many of these things. There were simple things like a magnetic compass, a slide rule, which none in your main demographic will know what a slide rule is, but that's OK. Very simple tools.

They would use tubes and whatnot. But Galileo looked at the moon. And the hypothesis was everything in the universe is orbiting around the Earth. The Earth is the most perfect place in the universe because God puts the things that are most important close to him in the center of the universe. God is the center of the universe. The Catholic Church held this. And everything will go around the Earth.

They would use tubes and whatnot. But Galileo looked at the moon. And the hypothesis was everything in the universe is orbiting around the Earth. The Earth is the most perfect place in the universe because God puts the things that are most important close to him in the center of the universe. God is the center of the universe. The Catholic Church held this. And everything will go around the Earth.