Personally, I don't think there's intelligent life on other planets. Why should other planets be any different from this one?

— Bob Monkhouse

International Year of Astronomy 2009 and the Telescope

By myamiphil at Fri, 07/11/2008 - 10:07pm

Galileo wasnt the first to have or use a telescope, but the first to put it towards the heavens and make use of it for studies in astronomy

The attached power point file offers a great explanation of the evolution of the early use of the telescope.

Use this link to download the power point file  

 

http://tinyurl.com/67tkos

Enjoy