07 January, 2014

Life of Galileo by Bertolt Brecht


It's always refreshing to see an artist who does the hard work necessary to get the science right. Brecht does not give us a hagiography or a hatchet job on Galileo, he is more interested in the truth. Unfortunately, this would probably be difficult to present for a modern audience, because it has not been dumbed down to short sentences and sound bites. However I believe that makes it that much better, in my reading.