Galileo Galilee

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history 1789 to present

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date published 05/10/2007

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Galileo Galilee’s advancements in astronomy forever changed the way the Western world viewed itself. His support of the heliocentric theory in Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief Systems- Ptolemaic and Copernican published in 1632 included new advancements in Nikolai Copernicus’ theory. Though these ideas had great scientific implications, the philosophical effects were just as important and far more widespread. The Holy Catholic Church staunchly supported the geocentric version and had previously condemned Copernicus’ De Revolutionibus Orbium Coelestium ("On the Revolutions of the Celestial Orbs").

Galileo Galilee's advancements in astronomy forever changed the way the Western world viewed itself.
The two men whose theories about a geocentric or Earth-centered universe dominated the academic field until Galileo were Aristotle and Claudius Ptolemy.
While scholars studied Aristotle's cosmology for centuries following his death, they realized that his astronomical observations were slightly off.
Though Copernicus was the first modern scientist to champion the theory of a heliocentric solar system, it was Galileo who brought the argument to the forefront of the time.
The astronomical discoveries Galileo made with his telescopes were described in a short book called the Starry Messenger published in Venice in May 1610.
The very idea of a heliocentric view of the solar system served to undermine the teachings of the Catholic Church.
This book was the final straw for Galileo as he was immediately ordered to Rome to appear before the Inquisition.
Galileo advanced the field of astronomy further than any man who came before or after.