𝐆𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐨’𝐬 𝐌𝐢𝐝𝐝𝐥𝐞 𝐅𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫

Galileo famously deduced that the earth went round the sun rather than vice versa – and was put under house arrest by the Catholic church as a result of this outrageous heresy.

95 years after his death, his middle finger was removed and is now on display in a glass case in the Florence History of Science museum (Sailko)

Whether the finger is pointing to the sky that its owner devoted his life to studying, or is a defiant gesture to Pope Urban VIII who imprisoned him, is for the reader to decide

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