But it's not a normal autobiography. It is a series of anecdotes and analyses arranged alphabetically, alright? As Dave Gibbons says, "none of that slog through the early years… it's all good stuff. I ...

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In January 1610, Galileo Galilei, using a newly improved telescope with 20x magnification, observed four celestial bodies orbiting Jupiter, initially appearing as stars. These bodies, later named Io, ...