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Historical Notes: Galileo insulted the Pope, not the Church
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GALILEO GALILEI, in the early 1600s, was a man driven both by
personal ambition and by an impassioned desire to show that
Copernican astronomy - the arrangement of the heavens that put the
Sun rather than the Earth at the centre - was correct and didn't
conflict with religious faith. He had no premonition that he would
become, for future generations, the symbol of such conflict.
Galileo was one of the first to scrutinise the heavens through a
telescope, finding wonders "never seen from...
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From Myth to history and back.(Galileo In Rome: The Rise And Fall Of A Troublesome Genius)(Galileo's Mistake: A New Look At The Epic Confrontation Between Galileo And The Church)(Book Review)
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; GALILEO IN ROME: THE RISE AND FALL OF A TROUBLESOME GENIUS. By WILLIAM R. SHEA AND MARIANO ARTIGAS. Oxford University Press. 211pp. $20. GALILEO'S MISTAKE: A NEW LOOK AT THE EPIC CONFRONTATION BETWEEN GALILEO AND THE CHURCH. By WADE ROWLAND. Arcade. 298pp. $26.95. For centuries the trial of Galileo
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Galileo's condemnation: the real and complex story.
Georgia Journal of Science
; ABSTRACT Often the Catholic Church's condemnation of Galileo Galilei is viewed as the prime example of an ongoing war between science and religion. Just as often the reason for this condemnation is thought to be Galileo's advocacy of Copernicanism. The true story is much more complex than these
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Retrying Galileo.(Book review)
Theological Studies
; RETRYING GALILEO. By Maurice A. Finocchiaro. Berkeley: University of California, 2005. Pp. xii + 485. $50. Galileo's trial did not end on June 22, 1633. An as yet unending debate followed concerning the reasons for, and the righteousness of, the Church's condemnation of the scientist. As Maurice
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Daughter's letters add depth to Galileo's story
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
; Galileo's Daughter: A Historical Memoir of Science, Faith, and Love. By Dava Sobel. Walker. 384 pages. $25. Galileo's trial before the Inquisition in 1633 on charges of heresy is one of the transforming dramas in the history of science and, for very different reasons, the history of the Catholic
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