I got up to see the partial Eclipse today. But turns out this morning is "clouded". It truly amazes me every time I read about astronomical observations because of the chance factor it implies - weather wise in the least.
Reading about Galileo's depictions of his moon sighting, for example, I can't help but reflect on how much on scientific 'progress' was 'pushed' by intuition and plain curiosity and inquisitiveness.
By the way, Newton's birthday today - in Gregorian terms, at least - I wonder how fantastic it was to live through international scientific epistolary relationships back in the days of calendar difficulties.
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