THE cause célèbre of the Inquisition v. Galileo Galilei has often found mention in the columns of NATURE. In every recrudescence of the old controversy between science and religion it is as ...
They are not to scale but are in their relative positions. Credit: NASA/JPL Galileo Galilei’s telescopic discovery of Jupiter’s four moons in 1610 revolutionized astronomy and supported heliocentric ...
Stephen Hawking was born exactly 300 years after Galileo Galilei died. Their death and birth ... In 1633, Galileo found himself on trial, accused of heresy for challenging the Church’s geocentric ...
His name was Galileo Galilei and he was in his mid-forties when he heard from the influential Venetian ... This contradicted the teachings of the Roman Catholic Church and embroiled Galileo in years ...