不应成为新闻的新闻——为伽利略平反

• 作 者: 白景山
• 出 处: 世界知识
• 发表日期: 1992年23期
• 关键词: 自由落体 比萨大学 月球表面 世界科学 帕多瓦大学 锡耶纳 《对话》 地球运动 欧几里德几何学 宗教法庭

伽利略的学说已成为当今世人常识的一部分,然而对延宕359年的伽利略案平反却还是新闻。现在连一个普通的中学生都知道“自由落体的下落速度与它的重量无关”,然而推断和证明了这一点的伟大科学家伽利略却因他的学说遭到罗马教廷圣职部判罪,此案延宕359年之久。今年10月31日,梵蒂冈教皇约翰—保罗二世终于宣布,罗马教廷在1633年对伽利略的判决是错误的,这是教廷过去“拒绝接受科学进步”的一个象征。他还称伽利略案是一个“悲剧”。

The Galileo doctrine has become part of the common sense of the world today, but it is still news that the Galilean case of 359 years has been vindicated to rehabilitate. Now even an ordinary secondary school student knows that “the speed of the fall of free fall has nothing to do with its weight.” However, Galileo, the great scientist who deduced and proved this point, was convicted by the papal priesthood for his doctrine. The case lasted 359 Years old On October 31 this year, Vatican Pope John Paul II finally announced that the Holy See’s judgment on Galileo was wrong in 1633, a symbol of the Holy See’s “refusal to accept scientific progress” in the past. He also claims Galileo case is a “tragedy.”