1 00:00:01,840 --> 00:00:32,609 Welcome to our late night show. I'm Jimmy Fallon and tonight we have a very unique program because we are going to talk with the astronomer who has been put under arrest at home after being sentenced to life in prison. He's the one and only Galileo Galilei. Thank you very much Mr. Galileo for opening your home to us. 2 00:00:32,609 --> 00:00:39,049 You're welcome, my friend. I usually spend time at home, lonely, with no visits. 3 00:00:40,009 --> 00:00:44,369 You must be really powerful to have got the permit to visit me. 4 00:00:44,789 --> 00:00:49,990 As you know, I was sentenced to life in prison for trying to share my findings. 5 00:00:50,770 --> 00:01:00,210 So I heard. That's why we are here tonight, to let our audience know the whole truth about you and your theories. 6 00:01:00,210 --> 00:01:08,329 Can you please tell us why we're why you are in this situation? It's really simple son. I admit I'm guilty of 7 00:01:09,329 --> 00:01:13,790 Thinking that the earth is the center of the universe 8 00:01:14,310 --> 00:01:18,890 Yes, however, the charts is still thinking that the earth is the center of the universe 9 00:01:19,469 --> 00:01:25,930 The geocentric model of the universe which you defend is thought to be some kind of heresy, right? 10 00:01:26,609 --> 00:01:29,129 Why do you still insist on the same idea? 11 00:01:29,129 --> 00:01:39,129 I'm loyal to my ideas if I feel that's the right thing to do. My duty is to teach what I have found out in my research. 12 00:01:39,129 --> 00:01:42,129 Can you tell our audience how everything started for you? 13 00:01:42,129 --> 00:01:53,129 I started studying medicine at college. My father wanted me to be a physician because they earned much more money than mathematicians. 14 00:01:53,129 --> 00:01:57,730 But then I started to feel interested in physics and maths. 15 00:01:58,090 --> 00:02:05,409 I observed how the chandeliers always took the same amount of time to go from side to side, 16 00:02:05,709 --> 00:02:08,849 no matter the distance or the breeze. 17 00:02:09,469 --> 00:02:15,550 Then I understood the physics of the world were amazing. 18 00:02:17,009 --> 00:02:19,569 Well, that can happen, not against the law. 19 00:02:19,569 --> 00:02:26,650 so what did you do that got you into trouble? I started experimenting and then 20 00:02:26,650 --> 00:02:30,150 the other students at the university thought I was crazy 21 00:02:30,150 --> 00:02:39,030 I graduated and became a professor at college. That's interesting and I also heard that you 22 00:02:39,030 --> 00:02:44,189 invented strange tools can you show us any? Here I have this thing called 23 00:02:44,189 --> 00:02:50,870 thermometer which can't test temperature do you want me to take temperature no 24 00:02:50,870 --> 00:02:59,669 thanks I also have my dearest invention here with me telescope how is that 25 00:02:59,669 --> 00:03:06,030 instrument special the telescope has given me everything and has taken 26 00:03:06,030 --> 00:03:11,370 everything from me I don't think I understand it has opened a new reality 27 00:03:11,370 --> 00:03:17,830 to me and I hoped the rest of the world someday but because of it I was 28 00:03:17,830 --> 00:03:24,030 sentenced for life in prison well actually that's not fair the one to 29 00:03:24,030 --> 00:03:31,409 blame is the charr that old-fashioned institution which stops progress we 30 00:03:31,409 --> 00:03:37,610 don't much respect what the charr says though they are the ones who have the 31 00:03:37,610 --> 00:03:45,310 knowledge stop speaking nonsense son i was sent to prison because the church forbid me to write 32 00:03:45,310 --> 00:03:51,889 or teach about my work i insisted on teaching my students the truth and not that illogical 33 00:03:51,889 --> 00:03:59,270 stupidity of the earth being the center of the universe how can you be so sure son with this 34 00:03:59,270 --> 00:04:07,409 little toy i was able to see the night sky as never before i can claim our moon as mountains 35 00:04:07,409 --> 00:04:14,409 and craters. What's more, I have also seen Jupiter and its craters. 36 00:04:14,409 --> 00:04:21,410 Really? I'm not sure why I should believe you and I shouldn't believe what the chart says. 37 00:04:21,410 --> 00:04:27,410 Sam, you're pissing me off. I'm not asking an act of faith from you. I'm not a religious man. 38 00:04:27,410 --> 00:04:33,410 I'm a scientist, for God's sake. And all I do is experiment, experiment, experiment. 39 00:04:33,410 --> 00:04:37,410 Test, test, and test again. That is the scientific method. 40 00:04:37,870 --> 00:04:41,750 How does that work? I think you are going too far from my understanding. 41 00:04:42,110 --> 00:04:46,149 It's simple. Not everything is based on logic. We need science. 42 00:04:46,649 --> 00:04:51,470 For example, when I was young, I went up to the Tower of Pisa, 43 00:04:51,949 --> 00:04:58,170 and from the very top, I let two very different objects in size and weight fall. 44 00:04:58,170 --> 00:05:05,189 Well, surprisingly and against all logic, they both landed on Earth at the same time. 45 00:05:05,910 --> 00:05:10,189 Okay, okay, it doesn't sound logic to me, but I think you must be right. 46 00:05:10,829 --> 00:05:13,970 Can you explain your theory of the universe to our viewers? 47 00:05:14,629 --> 00:05:17,529 That's all I have been trying to do all my life. 48 00:05:18,050 --> 00:05:22,009 Our planet Earth revolves around the Sun, 49 00:05:22,569 --> 00:05:26,230 because it's the Sun that is at the center of the universe, 50 00:05:26,230 --> 00:05:33,050 and not the earth. And the moons revolve around the planets, all the planets, not 51 00:05:33,050 --> 00:05:39,370 sure how many they are, though must all be the big star, the sun. Well I'm starting 52 00:05:39,370 --> 00:05:43,750 to think you've been seen through a lot in your life because of these beliefs 53 00:05:43,750 --> 00:05:49,329 and that. For us, they are more than simple opinions. I really hope someday 54 00:05:49,329 --> 00:05:55,550 you will be recognized for your work and who knows perhaps someone will 55 00:05:55,550 --> 00:06:03,509 call you the father of physics. I don't think so. Now I'm just an old blind man 56 00:06:03,509 --> 00:06:09,889 locked in my house. I think you should leave before it's too late for you two and the 57 00:06:09,889 --> 00:06:15,870 Inquisition comes to get you. Well, well, okay. I shall be going then. Thank you for 58 00:06:15,870 --> 00:06:18,910 all, Mr. Galileo.