The Galileo episode, for many anti-Catholics, is proof that the Church hates science. ... The Pope summoned Galileo for a court hearing. ... Thus, Galileo was forced to declare that he had made up the theory. ... Galileo lived his house outside Florence until his death in 1642 (Papal Condemnation (Sentence) of Galileo, 1963, June 22). ... Even when persecuted, Galileo never abandoned his Christian faith. ...

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The Scientific Revolution possibly would not be called the Scientific Revolution without the contributions of Galileo. Galileo was an Italian astronomer who continued the work of Copernicus. ... Galileo determined the laws of gravity and explored the laws of motion on earth. Galileo created the Law of Inertia that stated an object is at rest until an external force moves it. ... Three key scientists who challenged authority were Copernicus, Galileo, and Newton. ...

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This idea was not even the work and ingenuity of Galileo, Nicholas Copernicus. ... This idea is one in the spirit of the Enlightenment, but Galileo wasn't the one who thought of it. ... The evidence gathered by Galileo to support his claim of a heliocentric universe was not strong. ... This claim, never discussed by Galileo is a large assumption that is never discussed properly. ... The reason for this is because Galileo stood up for what he believed to be a scientifically sound argument in the face of adversity. ...

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One such case was Galileo Galilei. ... Galileo Galilei was born in 1564 in Pisa, Italy. ... The difference between Galileo and other Copernican were political: Galileo had enemies. ... By this time Galileo was a very old man. ... Galileo is perhaps the most famous of all heretics. ...

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Therefore, the question remains, why did the church condemn Galileo with such severity? ... So what made Galileo more of a threat than Luther or Calvin? ... According to Galileo, however, his intentions were anything but what the Church assumed they were. ... "* Galileo's generally sarcastic manner in dealing with people did not help him sway the Church either. ... Indeed, Galileo's suggestion in this footnote that the earth-centered view of the universe may someday be considered heretical only provides further evidence of Galileo's boldness. ...

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Galileo Galilei discovered that the sun was the center of the universe and immovable. The Church however, disagreed entirely with Galileo's findings, Pope Paul V even went as far as to order Galileo not to teach or defend the theory of a heliocentric universe. When Galileo published a book on his findings, the Church brought Galileo to a Holy Inquisition where they tortured him, and threatened him into retracting his theories. ...

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But before Galileo began using the telescope or before it was even invented, Galileo proved Aristotle wrong. ... Looking at the moon, Galileo found that the moon closely resembles the earth. ... In 1610 Galileo discovered the four largest satellites of Jupiter. ... Galileo did not merely create models of the solar system or physics which were of absolute theory (Galileo). ... Copernicus, Galileo, and Kepler provided huge contributions to astronomy. ...

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Isn't that what the trial of Galileo was about? ... Both Galileo and Descartes believed that one could believe in the teaching of the Bible and simultaneously accept the findings and conclusions of modern science. ...

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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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Galileo was someone who first spoke of this idea, and it was considered dangerous not just because it threatened people's way of thinking, but because there was truth to this theory. Galileo was arrested and silenced for saying the sun was the center of the universe, and the church tried to cover up his discoveries. ...

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Without motion, life would cease to exist. You can look all around you and find something that has motion. For example, staring out of your window and the leaves on a tree are blowing back and forth. This is due to the effect of the wind. When we throw a baseball or drop a glass of milk and crashes...

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Dr. Stephen Hawking has been considered to be more brilliant then Einstein. Dr. Hawking was born on January 8 1942 in Oxford, England on the 300th anniversary of Galileo's death. Is this a coincidence? After his studies at St. Albans School, he attended University College, Oxford. He wanted to study...

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Developed three laws 1)planets orbit the sun in elliptical 2) the speed of the planets in their orbit around the sun is roughly proportional to the distance from the Sun. . 3) the period squared is proportional to the length of the orbit with each planet obeying the same proportionality constant. 1564-1642 Galileo constructed the first telescopes and gathered evidence for the Copernican theory and Kepler's third law all of these...

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Two scientists, Nicholas Copernicus and Galileo Galilei, both held the same theory that the Earth was revolving around the sun, but were punished because the church took the bible to literal that the Earth is at center. ...

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As Galileo physically proved that the Sun rests in the center through the utilization of a telescope, the church began to feel compelled to allow the theory to stand as a hypothesis rather than a fact. ...

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Many great scientists and philosophers have tried to explain the creation of the universe or the point at which time began, but no theories have been as widely accepted as Stephen Hawking's big bang theory. Stephen Hawking is the leading cosmological scientist of the past forty years and is continua...

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