These who people where Nicolas Copernicus and Galileo Galilei who challenged the Ptolemaic system and Catholic beliefs because of the flaws they found in it. ... Another great thinking that forced the world to broaden its view was Galileo Galilei. ... Galileo pushed on and tried to get the world to accept the fact that Copernicus's system was correct and should be recognized and a universal truth, but due to the fact that the Ptolemaic system has firm grasp on scientific beliefs as well as that Copernicanism contradicted Catholic scriptures, he was met with hostility and anger by thos...

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