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Where To Stream Secrets of the Dead Season 19 Episode 1

Galileo's Moon

It was the find of the century: a proof copy of Sidereus Nuncius ( also known as the Starry Messenger), one of the most important books in the history of science. Unlike other known copies that had engraved images of the phases of the moon, this copy included watercolor paintings seemingly by author Galileo Galilei, one of the greatest scientific minds of all time. A discovery that set the rare book market abuzz, the proof copy, if genuine, would be worth millions. Published in 1610, Sidereus...