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1 online resource (streaming video file) (58 min. 37 sec.) ; 355094002 bytes |
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This Compass special travels 400 years back through time to a defining moment in the stormy relationship between religion and science, authority and free thought.It goes back to the trial and condemnation of Galileo, an Italian philosopher, astronomer and scientist, convicted of heresy for publishing ideas that changed the way we think about the universe. In the 1600s Galileo turned the world's view of the heavens and our place in it upside down. With his telescopes he mapped the night skies and suggested the earth was not the fixed centre of the universe, but that it and all the other planets revolved around the sun. In 1633 for writing about his theory Galileo was tried and found guilty by the Roman Catholic Inquisition. But was he convicted justly?This is what the School of History and Philosophy at the University of New South Wales set out to explore when it re-opened the case against Galileo with a modern courtroom hearing staged live in front of a packed audience at the Sir John Clancy Auditorium. The re-trial is not a re-enactment; nor is it scripted. It is an improvised role-play starring real-life barristers, scientists, scholars and churchmen who play the key protagonists with much wit, intelligence and aplomb.Among them are former NSW premier Bob Carr as the Grand Duke of Tuscany; leading Australian astronomer Prof Fred Watson as Galileo; barrister Anna Katzmann SC in her last 'courtroom' appearance as the Prosecution Counsel (she's now a Federal Court judge); barrister Julian Burnside QC as the Defence Counsel; and former priest Dr Paul Collins (himself censured by the Roman Catholic Church) who plays Cardinal Robert Bellarmine.400 years ago Galileo was found guilty... How will he be judged today?PRODUCTION DETAILS:Compass Executive Producer: Rose Hesp |
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Closed captioning in English |
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Broadcast 2010-05-09 at 22:10:00 |
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Classification: G |
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Astronomers.
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Galilei, Galileo, 1564-1642.
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Inquisition.
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Pleas of guilty.
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Religion and science -- Philosophy.
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Trials (Heresy)
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New South Wales.
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Streaming video
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Burnside, Julian, contributor
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Carr, Bob, contributor
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Collins, Paul, contributor
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Doherty, Tony, contributor
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Doogue, Geraldine, host
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Katzmann, Anna, contributor
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Lineweaver, Charley, contributor
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McCrossin, Julie, contributor
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Saunders, Alan, contributor
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Watson, F. (Fred), contributor
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Williams, Robin, contributor
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