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. ... It will focus more on how Drake views Galileo, his work and times and how events and the Church played a role in Galileo's science and the developments of the scientific method. In addition, it will detail Drake's viewpoint of Galileo and show how his pugnacious manner made enemies from fellow colleagues...

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