Galileo: The Father of Modern Science
b'Galileo: The Father of Modern Science
Guest:\\xa0Mario Livio, author, "Galileo and the Science Deniers"
Galileo was a great scientist whose discoveries landed him in house arrest. But he was not a heretic; in fact, he was a believer. His argument was that the Bible was for salvation, not written as a science text.\\xa0
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Earthrise
Guest: Emmanuel Vaughan-Lee, Emmy-nominated filmmaker and director of "Earthrise: The Image that Shared our World"
The Apollo 8 mission captured an image of Earth that amazed the billion people watching it on TV at the time: the cratered but barren surface of the moon in the foreground, and the earth in the black sky beyond, nearly half-eclipsed by the shadow of the moon. Referring to this view, Command Module Pilot Jim Lovell said, "The vast loneliness is awe-inspiring and it makes you realize just what you have back there on Earth." \\xa0How the "Earthrise" photo changed our perspective on our planet.
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Holocaust Story
Guest: Jeff Jacoby, columnist, "The Boston Globe"
Jeff Jacoby\\u2019s father, Mark Jacoby, is a Holocaust survivor. More than that, though, he is a father, a husband, a practicing Jew, and a happy man.\\xa0 This is the story of the triumph of faith and the human spirit.'