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The Pope's Astronomer - Sixty Symbols

Sixty Symbols · interview · Watch on YouTube

Cosmology & astrophysicsReligion, belief & skepticismScientific method & science communication

What it is

Brady Haran interviews Brother Guy Consolmagno, director of the Vatican Observatory, for Sixty Symbols. It is part of a three-video set along with the observatory's telescopes and its meteorite collection.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN links it as an approachable interview with a working astronomer who is also a Jesuit, whenever the Vatican Observatory or science and religion comes up.

  • 1 people recommended it
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What HN commenters said

  1. “Books by (Brother) Guy Consolmagno, the Director of the Vatican Observatory, are also worth checking out”

    Interview with Consolmagno on science and religion, with his books.

    throw0101a, 2022-04 · Recommendation · in “Ask HN: What's on your learning list?”

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Topics: guy consolmagno, astronomy, science and religion, brady haran, vatican

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