Kepler’s astronomy, 1609

Kepler’s astronomy, 1609

Johannes Kepler’s book, outlining his theories of planetary motion, made the radical claim that the planets move in ellipses, not perfect circles. Kepler’s work provided significant support for the Copernican theory of a Sun-centred universe.

Kepler’s theories were based on data collected by astronomer Tycho Brahe. He had to make thousands of calculations to work out the peculiarities of Mars’s orbit, describing the experience as ‘my war with Mars.’

“O signo Ascen…

“O signo Ascendente simboliza uma faceta peculiar da totalidade de vida que procura uma “in-cor-po-ra-ção” através do ser nascido naquele momento. Uma vez que o Ascendente corresponde àquele “flash” inicial ou “impacto” de nossa existência individual, ele se imprime também profundamente na psique como “o que é a vida”. Nós atribuímos à vida as qualidades do signo que se encontra no Ascendente ou dos planetas que se encontram perto deste ponto. Ele é a lente através da qual percebemos a existência, o foco que trazemos à vida, a maneira como “suportamos” o mundo. E uma vez que vemos o mundo dessa maneira, invariavelmente agimos e nos comportamos de acordo com essa visão. E mais, a vida força nossas expectativas e reflete nosso ponto de vista de volta para nós.”
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25 September 2011

This picture which was circulating in internet couple of months ago is of a 21-week fetus hand reaching up through an incision in its mother’s uterus to grab the finger of the surgeon who had just performed a life-saving procedure appeared in the November 16 edition of The National Enquirer.It should be “The Picture of the Year,” or perhaps, “The Picture of the Decade.”

The 21-week-old unborn baby is named Samuel Alexander Armas, and is being operated on by a surgeon named Joseph Bruner. The baby was diagnosed with spina bifida and would not survive if removed from the mother’s womb.Little Samuel’s mother, Julie Armas, is an obstetrics nurse in Atlanta. She knew of Dr. Bruner’s remarkable surgical procedure. Practicing at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, he performs these special operations while the baby is still in the womb. In the procedure, a C-section removes the uterus and the doctor makes a small incision to operate on the baby.

During the surgery on little Samuel, the little guy reached his tiny, but fully developed, hand through the incision and firmly grasped the surgeon’s finger. The photograph captures this amazing event with perfect clarity.

The editors titled the picture, “Hand of Hope.”

The text explaining the picture begins, “The tiny hand of 21-week-old foetus Samuel Alexander Armas emerges from the mother’s uterus to grasp the finger of Dr. Joseph Bruner as if thanking the doctor for the gift of life.”

Little Samuel’s mother said they “wept for days” when they saw the picture. She said, “The photo reminds us my pregnancy isn’t about disability or illness, it’s about a little person.” That’s what it’s always been about. May this image jog our memories so that we will never forget.

Source:http://www.greaterthings.com/News/hand.htm
Photo courtesy of MichealClancy.com