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Galileo Galilei (1564-1642) was an Italian mathematician, astronomer and philosopher who used scientific methods to demonstrate that the Earth revolved around the Sun and not the other way around. Achievements include improvements to the telescope.

Galileo was accused of heresy in 1633 and forced to recant his theories in public. In 1992, Pope John Paul said the church's denunciation of Galileo's work had been a tragic error.

Elsewhere on the Web
[|Galileo Project]

Wikipedia
[|Galileo Galilei]

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Recommended listening
[|Key thinkers] - 2009 Sydney Ideas Lecture by Dr Ofer Gal, Unit for the History and Philosophy of Science, Faculty of Science at the University of Sydney. (August 12, 2009. Running time 72min, 33mb MP3)

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