Ангелы и демоны

Chapter 49

           "Formanyyearstheonlyclueseemedtobethat503beganwiththenumberfive…oneofthesacredIlluminatidigits."Hepaused.

           "Somethingtellsmeyourecentlyfigureditout,andthat’swhywe’rehere."

           "Correct,"Langdonsaid,allowinghimselfararemomentofprideinhiswork."AreyoufamiliarwithabookbyGalileocalledDiàlogo?"

           "Ofcourse.Famousamongscientistsastheultimatescientificsellout."

           Selloutwasn’tquitethewordLangdonwouldhaveused,butheknewwhatVittoriameant.Intheearly1630s,GalileohadwantedtopublishabookendorsingtheCopernicanheliocentricmodelofthesolarsystem,buttheVaticanwouldnotpermitthebook’sreleaseunlessGalileoincludedequallypersuasiveevidenceforthechurch’sgeocentricmodel—amodelGalileoknewtobedeadwrong.Galileohadnochoicebuttoacquiescetothechurch’sdemandsandpublishabookgivingequaltimetoboththeaccurateandinaccuratemodels.

           "Asyouprobablyknow,"Langdonsaid,"despiteGalileo’scompromise,Diàlogowasstillseenasheretical,andtheVaticanplacedhimunderhousearrest."

           "Nogooddeedgoesunpunished."

           Langdonsmiled."Sotrue.AndyetGalileowaspersistent.Whileunderhousearrest,hesecretlywrotealesser-knownmanuscriptthatscholarsoftenconfusewithDiàlogo.ThatbookiscalledDiscorsi."

           Vittorianodded."I’veheardofit.DiscoursesontheTides."

           Langdonstoppedshort,amazedshehadheardoftheobscurepublicationaboutplanetarymotionanditseffectonthetides.

           "Hey,"shesaid,"you’retalkingtoanItalianmarinephysicistwhosefatherworshipedGalileo.

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