Poetic Justice

This so bizarre that I must report it: The middle finger of Galileo's right hand is in the Museo di Storia della Scienza in Florence, Italy. Yes. You read that correctly. "The finger was detached from Galileo's body on March 12, 1737, when his remains were transferred to the main body of the church of Santa Croce, Florence." In the book, Galileo's Finger by Peter Atkins. Imagine that, the poet of the heavens, even after death, still giving the finger to those who sought to condemn him and the truths of the universe. Blessed be the Italians who liberated that finger. Everytime you want to write about the sun, moon, universe, see that divine middle finger, rising, in final tribute to truth.