BECAUSE EVERYTHING SHOULD BE QUESTIONED ONE MUST EXPERIMENT VERIFY THINGS FOR ONESELF GALILEO MY SON PROMISE ME YOU WILL NEVER BELIEVE WHAT OTHERS TELL YOU WITHOUT FIRST LOOKING WITH YOUR OWN EYES I PROMISE YES FATHER I PROMISE BODIES FALL WITH A VELOCITY PROPORTIONAL TO THEIR SIZE AND WEIGHT EXCUSE ME I KNOW ARISTOTLE SAID SO BUT HAS ANYONE CHECKED HMMPH
THE GRAND DUKE OF TUSCANY SPENDS SUMMERS HERE IN PISA IT’S A GREAT HONOR TO HAVE BEEN INVITED TO HIS COURT THIS IS THE ROOM WHERE OSTILIO RICCI TEACHES MATHEMATICS TO THE DUKE’S PAGES NOW SILENCE ACCORDING TO THE EUCLIDEAN SYSTEM HUH WHO’S THERE AH YOU MUST BE GALILEO VINCENZO’S SON AREN’T YOU YES I’VE HEARD GOOD THINGS ABOUT YOU WOULD YOU LIKE TO COME IN AND LISTEN TO THE REST OF THE LESSON GULP
FLORENCE ITALY SOMETIME LATER HERE IN FLORENCE ALL ARTS ARE ENCOURAGED THERE ARE MANY ARTISTS AROUND AND YOU GALILEO DO YOU PAINT SCULPT WELL I’VE ALWAYS ENJOYED POETRY SOMETIMES I WRITE VERSE IN FACT I LOVE THE DIVINE COMEDY THE GREAT WORK BY DANTE ALIGHIERI COME TAKE A LOOK THIS IS A MODEL I’VE CREATED OF DANTE’S UNDERWORLD ACCORDING TO THE IDEAS OF ANTONIO MANETTI THE ARCHITECT
I’M SURE YOU WILL BE A GREAT TEACHER OF MATHEMATICS I’LL DO MY BEST HERE’S YOUR ROBE THE UNIVERSITY RULES DEMAND THAT YOU ALWAYS WEAR IT WELCOME TO THE UNIVERSITY OF PISA GALILEI HMPH ALWAYS WHAT A SILLY RULE WELL IF THEY THINK I’M GOING TO HI GALILEO CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR NEW TEACHING POST REMEMBER YOU HAVE TO WEAR THE ROBE AGAIN WITH THE ROBE
