He looked into the heavens and saw more than anyone had seen before. Four hundred years ago, Galileo Galilei took two curved pieces of glass, made them into lenses and looked through them to create a telescope.
Now a new original production, "Galileo: The Power of the Telescope," takes over the Daniel M. Soref Planetarium, 800 W. Wells St., and tells the story about how Galileo's discoveries changed Western culture's view of the cosmos.
The program turns the Soref into a time machine, traveling back to Pisa, Italy, to look at Galileo's ground-breaking idea that the Earth revolves around the sun. The show is narrated by Dava Sobel, author of the award-winning "Galileo's Daughter."
"Galileo" runs daily at 12:30 p.m. through March 19. Call (414) 319-4629 for ticket information.
- Jackie Loohauis-Bennett
