Video project for SAC 290.
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Video project for SAC 290.
The Italian Renaissance has long been known as a time of enormous innovation in the realms of art, mathematics, and philosophy. But in his new book, Medici to the Moon: The First Space Race, famed historian Dr. Giacomo Marenzio suggests we add "rocket science" to that list as well.
The book is based upon a collection of blueprints, letters, and essays discovered last winter in the basement of Tutti Frutti, a Florentine gelateria.
"Soon after getting my hands on the Frutti Papers, it became clear to me that this was big--really big," Marenzio explained in a prepared statement. "I knew right away that they were the biggest historical find of the century."
The book is based upon a collection of blueprints, letters, and essays discovered last winter in the basement of Tutti Frutti, a Florentine gelateria.
"Soon after getting my hands on the Frutti Papers, it became clear to me that this was big--really big," Marenzio explained in a prepared statement. "I knew right away that they were the biggest historical find of the century."
Continue reading The Renaissance in Space.
