Palmieri Paolo
1017 Cathedral of Learning, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, USA.
Endeavour. 2009 Sep;33(3):88-92. doi: 10.1016/j.endeavour.2009.07.007. Epub 2009 Aug 13.
Four hundred years ago Galileo Galilei aimed a telescope at the sky. He revolutionized astronomy. Equally revolutionary were his experiments in physics. Unlike his astronomical observations the experiments remain difficult to understand and replicate even today. Two centuries after Galileo, Augustin Coulomb demonstrated experimentally the law of electrostatic force. It has never been successfully replicated. Yet both Galileo and Coulomb were exquisite experimentalists. The fact is that revolutionary experiments in physics are never finished. They are open for investigation for generations to come.
四百年前，伽利略·伽利雷将望远镜指向天空。他彻底改变了天文学。他在物理学方面的实验同样具有革命性。与他的天文观测不同，即使在今天，这些实验仍然难以理解和复制。在伽利略之后的两个世纪，奥古斯丁·库仑通过实验证明了静电力定律。该定律从未被成功复制过。然而，伽利略和库仑都是杰出的实验家。事实上，物理学中的革命性实验永远不会结束。它们将为后世几代人开放以供研究。
