Ajit Pai @AjitPai
OTD in 1609, a @UPadua professor of mathematics made an important demonstration before the Senate of Venice. Impressed by Galileo Galilei's telescope, senators doubled his salary and gave him a lifetime university appointment. (The story didn't end there.) https://t.co/9uMNFdBSXL https://t.co/5EcW4ooAas — PolitiTweet.org