During the 1600's and even the 1900's, scientific discoveries of the time were handed over to this authority, either the Church or the government, who could use the knowledge as they pleased, whether it benefited humanity or not. ... When this occurs, scientists must simply continue their research in order to justify their discoveries even if those in power disallow it. ... By doing so, Brecht emphasizes the position that commoners, or the working class, may take in scientific discoveries. ... This is why many of Galileo's writings are not in Latin, the language of the upper c...

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For many centuries, there was very little scientific advancement due to a restraint the Catholic Church had over Europe during the Middle Ages, but this all changed during The Scientific Revolution. During the Middle Ages, the Catholic Church had created a system of beliefs based on the teachings of ancient Greeks and Romans. These beliefs were incorporated into a religious doctrine and violation of this doctrine would result in severe punishment of the individual from the Church. It was because of this fear of the Church that people chose to believe whatever was told to them, rather than t...

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Skepticism is defined as acritical attitude which systematically questions the notion that absolute knowledge and certainty are possible...in particular fields? ... Consequently,Galileo's contribution to science was not a [single] great discovery...Rather, he paved the way for many discoveries? ... These discoveries were arguably his most important, and certainly those for which history has best remembered him. ... Still, his most significant astronomical discovery was yet to come. ... The astronomical discoveries he made with his telescopes were described in a short book called Mess...

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Drake places in prominence a character proud and obsessed with separating science and discovery from religion in a world that is not quite ready for his style, the truth that it conveys and the changes that it requires. ... Galileo's use of the telescope to view the heavens and the discoveries that followed may have been one of the cataclysm that eventually led to the unraveling of Aristotelian science and in a way of the Roman Catholic Churches influence and domination of scientific teaching. ... Drake's perspective of Galileo throughout his book is of an inventor and...

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