In 1543 Copernicus's On the Revolution of the Heavenly Spheres was published after some delay. This piece of scientific literature argued a heliocentric universe. ... Galileo's heretical work served to persuade the scientific community that the Copernican theory is true. ... Galileo's work serves to bring the Copernican Revolution close to its end. ... The Church lost some credibility when the scientific community embraced the heliocentric universe. ...

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Another thing he is given credit for is the scientific revolution. Many people believe that "the Scientific Revolution started with him, it was a period when reason overcame traditional thought." (Galileo Galilei and how he started the scientific revolution, http://library.bigchalk.com/cgi bin/WebObjects/WOPrimo.woa/41/wa/getDoc?... Without his starting of this scientific revolution we might not have any of the great minds we have today, and we still might think the earth is the center of the universe. ...

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