Galileo T-shirt: 400 Years of Telescopy

We here at Words Plus Paper like to celebrate anything that enhances one's view of the universe and humanity's place in it, be it the written word or a great scientific discovery. The telescope certainly qualifies as an invention that changed the way we view our world and ourselves.

Invented in 1608 but refined by Galileo Galilei in 1609 to make it truly useful, the telescope finally provided proof that the Earth does indeed revolve around the sun as Copernicus had claimed some 100 years earlier. Galileo promoted this idea with the world's first stargazing parties. For this, he was charged with heresy and placed under house arrest for what were to be the remaining eight years of his life.

The Catholic Church finally issued a formal apology to Galileo in 1992. A bit late, we think, but who are we to criticize the Catholic church? Words Plus Paper, that's who.

Now, to honor the 400th anniversary of this historic invention, we have designed a Galileo t-shirt. It features a portrait of the brave scientist in a circular logo and the word's "here's looking at you". We think Galileo might have liked it. Get yours at our Zazzle shop and join in the celebration.

Salute to Science

We here at Words Plus Paper have always felt that science and art are more alike than they are different. Indeed, some of our favorite historical figures are scientists such as Darwin, Faraday, Einstein, Newton, Aristotle, Turing... we could go on and on.

We have a great respect for these pioneers who proposed new ideas about reality. It's not difficult to understand Bohr's theory of atomic structure, but we never would have thought of it ourselves. On the other hand, we read Brian Greene's "The Fabric of the Cosmos" and we're not sure that we want to delve any deeper into string theory because that stuff is just really weird.

Still, this week we have decided to salute these heroic figures with a series of science-themed t-shirts, great for geeks, nerds and the educated layman. In particular, we're paying homage to the fields of astronomy, archaeology, biochemistry and physics.

We hope you enjoy these designs. Click on the picture for a larger version. Click on the name to link directly to our Zazzle-powered sister shop, Rising Tide Tees.


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