MDMD(7) Notes

[David Casseres]

>> 219.35 `Eppur si muove' Ital = `Yet, it moves' I recall
>> (wrongly or rightly) these were Galileo's words after an interrogation
>> by the church in which he was forced to recant his view that the Earth
>> moves round the Sun rather than vice versa. Any confirmation.
>
>All I can say is that I have heard this story many times.

I believe it is actually Giordano Bruno, a predecessor of Galileo, who is 
supposed to have said this.


Cheers,
David