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. ...
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. ...
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. ...
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...
