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By Aaron Holder–
On Feb. 24, U of L’s Department of Physics and Astronomy welcomed Christopher Graney to Chao Auditorium as part of their free spring public lecture series. Graney, a Spalding University professor, spoke on the theories of Copernicus, and how bad history breeds only bad science.
Graney’s lecture fell on a day of particular relevance. On Feb. 24, 1616, a Vatican high council deemed Copernican theories regarding the Earth’s celestial address and motion to be “foolish and absurd in philosophy and scientifically untenable.