Ангелы и демоны

Chapter 52

           Heranhisfingersacrossthefacetoremoveanystaticchargeandthen,eversocarefully,slidthebladebeneaththecover.Then,liftingthespatula,heturnedoverthecoversheet.

           Thefirstpagewaswritteninlonghand,thetiny,stylizedcalligraphyalmostimpossibletoread.Langdonimmediatelynoticedthattherewerenodiagramsornumbersonthepage.Itwasanessay.

           "Heliocentricity,"Vittoriasaid,translatingtheheadingonfolioone.Shescannedthetext."LookslikeGalileorenouncingthegeocentricmodelonceandforall.AncientItalian,though,sonopromisesonthetranslation."

           "Forgetit,"Langdonsaid."We’relookingformath.Thepurelanguage."Heusedthespatulatooltoflipthenextpage.Anotheressay.Nomathordiagrams.Langdon’shandsbegantosweatinsidehisgloves.

           "MovementofthePlanets,"Vittoriasaid,translatingthetitle.

           Langdonfrowned.Onanyotherday,hewouldhavebeenfascinatedtoreadit;incrediblyNASA’scurrentmodelofplanetaryorbits,observedthroughhigh-poweredtelescopes,wassupposedlyalmostidenticaltoGalileo’soriginalpredictions.

           "Nomath,"Vittoriasaid."He’stalkingaboutretrogrademotionsandellipticalorbitsorsomething."

           Ellipticalorbits.LangdonrecalledthatmuchofGalileo’slegaltroublehadbegunwhenhedescribedplanetarymotionaselliptical.TheVaticanexaltedtheperfectionofthecircleandinsistedheavenlymotionmustbeonlycircular.Galileo’sIlluminati,however,sawperfectionintheellipseaswell,reveringthemathematicaldualityofitstwinfoci.

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