Sunday, September 21, 2008

Copernicus and the trial of Galileo


Copernicus was the first astronomer to theroize that the earth was placed center of the unvierse. He set his theory out the Roman Cathalic Church and even wrote a book about it called De revolutionibus orbium coelestium. He started using the work of the scientific Revolution. The Scientific Revolution is the period of many historians of science.
But than came Galileo and his theory of heliocentrism stating that the sun if at the center of the solar system. Galileo stated his theory to the Roman Cathalic Church and the church send his to trial because he was going agaisnt the churchs beleveings.

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