tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6929681576205319273.post2901841611307709124..comments2020-12-12T14:46:16.984-08:00Comments on Bones Astronomy: Thomas Harriet: The First to Use the Telescope in Astronomy?Ringohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09506068154852505840noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6929681576205319273.post-89384919894723464902009-01-22T02:45:00.000-08:002009-01-22T02:45:00.000-08:00That particular report being aired on the BBC Worl...That particular report being aired on the BBC World News regarding the Oxford Astronomer / Gentleman Thomas Harriet (or is it spelled Harriett?) beat the Italian "polymath" Galileo in being the first to use the telescope - albeit the somewhat primitive refracting / lens-based system newly invented by the Dutch scientist Hans Lippershey - in stargazing / astronomy by a few weeks did stir up unfavorable comments from around the world. A friend of mine who happened to glance the BBC Radio 4 forum site during his searches on the Oxford astronomer Thomas Harriet on the Internet did reveal that the English are still hanging-on to their sense of "colonial superiority". To me, this is probably one of the biggest controversial topics to have emerged in the UN-promoted "2009 International Year of Astronomy" festivities.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13194306849971516946noreply@blogger.com