The 'Lost' Galileo Letter - Objectivity 185

Head Librarian Keith Moore gives us the low-down on the 'recently discovered' Galileo letter that has been making headlines all around the world... More links below ↓↓↓

Featuring Keith Moore from The Royal Society speaking with Brady.

Films by James Hennessy and Brady Haran

Additional images courtesy of Wellcome Images.

[timothygalvin]

Wow. You can tell that behind Keith's eyes was pure rage when he talked about someone saying the letter was misfiled.

[Jesse__H]

Head Librarian Keith Moore needs his own YouTube channel! I would watch the shit out of that. Just him, choosing topics that he personally finds interesting, and explaining them to us with the help of his vast library!

Brady is invaluable for Numberphile, as he bridges the gap between the mathematician and the viewer / layman. He's smart enough to follow along (more than I can say for myself), but grounded enough to make it make sense to _us_ .

But Mr. Moore's the real hero of this channel, imho.

[olmrbxc]

Keith please do podcasts or something so we can have you tell us about things for longer

[dogerriders]

I could listen to Keith talk about historical documents all day long.

[AureliusR]

Everyone asking for more of Keith has to understand he is the *head librarian* of one of the most famous archives in the world. He's probably an extraordinarily busy guy, and the fact that he takes time out of his day to film with Brady *probably* comes at least partially out of his personal time. So until he retires or becomes Librarian Emeritus or something, this is probably the most he can sustain.

[naotak]

Keith! I missed him. The other people were fantastic too, but there's nothing like Keith Moore!

[Varksterable]

In my browser window the header notes were truncated at; "Featuring Keith Moore fro" and my brain instantly filled out the whole sentence as; "Featuring Keith Moore of Keith Moore fame." :)

[ethanmartin]

This is the most underrated Brady channel on youtube....

[stuartthegrant]

Just imagine a letter written by Galileo! Wonderful that it still exists in the Royal Society Library.
Top video subject Keith.

[xcq]

Although I like science and the Royal society, I've come to watch Objectivity exclusively because of Keith.

[philipclapper]

This is really interesting stuff! Also, Brady's haircut in this episode looks very sharp (as does Keith's, as always)

[celtgunn]

I absolutely ~love~ the Royal Society Library. There is just so much within to explore and learn about.

Brady, is there a website with plants from the Library books that people can view online? I would love to see them. As well as animals, so fascinating to see the variety in the world!

[MacoveiVlad]

Next up: The White Gloves of Destiny find the Holy Grail :)

[LiLi-orgm]

Oh, I suggested this object recently- cool!!

[bloemundude]

I just checked my office. No lost hand-written Galileo letters here. How about at your place?

[JeremyWS]

I always liked Galileo. He was my favorite ancient astronomer.

[davidrenton]

Objectivity 1000 : Keith, oh yep we had the Holy Grail and the Ark of the Covenant in the basement for years, and they where correctly filed.

[RonJohn]

1:46 Everything revolves around *me!!!*

[tncorgi]

I wonder if Galileo expected the Spanish Inquisition.

[GildedEntries]

Dang, perusing an original Galileo letter. It doesn’t get cooler than that.