A biography of Galileo, exploring his scientific genius and conflict with the Catholic Church.
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A biography of Galileo, exploring his scientific genius and conflict with the Catholic Church.
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Galileo made the first effective use of the refracting telescope to discover important new facts about astronomy. His observations led him to support Copernicus's claim that Earth and the other planets circled the sun. This conflicted with the teachings of the Catholic Church, and brought Galileo before the judges of the Inquisition. He spent his final years under house arrest. Galileo's genius lay in the way he approached scientific problems. He reduced problems to simple terms on the basis of ...
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Central focus on conflict with the Catholic Church and Inquisition.
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