Galileo:Scientist, Scholar, Rebel. Portrays life for Galileo during the 17th century and the struggles he overcame to prove his theories about the Earth revolving around the Sun.
Date Submitted: 11/23/2004 22:54:02
Category: / History / European History
Length: 6 pages (1697 words)
Category: / History / European History
Length: 6 pages (1697 words)
Seventeenth-century European study was controlled by two powerful forces: the Roman Catholic Church, headed by the Pope, and ancient philosophy dominated by the 2000-year-old ideas of the Greek philosopher, Aristotle. The Church had an overwhelming influence on the lives of most Europeans. During Galileo's time one in twelve people living in Rome was either a cleric or a nun.1 The Church forbid any teaching that deviated from what was taught in the Bible. To enforce …
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13 Ibid.
14 Ibid.
17 Ibid.
18 Jack Meadows, The Great Scientists. Oxford University; New York, 1987, p.41.
19 Deborah Hitzeroth and Sharon Heerbor, Galileo Galilei. Lucent Books Inc; California, 1992, p.24.
20 Jack Meadows, The Great Scientists. Oxford University; New York, 1987, p.44.
21 Ibid., p.45.
22 Giorgio De Santillan, The Crimes of Galileo. Time Inc; University of Chicago Press, 1962, p.185.
23 Ibid., p.257.
24 Ibid.
25 Jack Meadows, The Great Scientists. Oxford University; New York, 1987, p.48.
26 Ibid
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