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    Great Astronomers: Galileo Galilei by Robert Stawell Ball
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    Great Astronomers: Galileo Galilei by Robert Stawell Ball
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    Great Astronomers: Galileo Galilei by Robert Stawell Ball

    Written by Robert Stawell Ball

    Narrated by Brian Morris

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    About this audiobook

    Galileo Galilei (1564-1642) was an Italian physicist, mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher who played a major role in the Scientific Revolution. His achievements include improvements to the telescope and consequent astronomical observations and support for Copernicanism, which held that the Earth is not the center of the universe and that the Earth and planets revolve around the Sun. Galileo has been called the father of modern observational astronomy, the father of modern physics, and the father of modern science.

    "Among the ranks of the great astronomers it would be difficult to find one whose life presents more interesting features and remarkable vicissitudes than does that of Galileo. We may consider him as the patient investigator and brilliant discoverer. We may consider him in his private relations, especially to his daughter, Sister Maria Celeste, a woman of very remarkable character; and we have also the pathetic drama at the close of Galileo's life, when the philosopher drew down upon himself the thunders of the Inquisition."

    The audiobook explains Galileo's work and theories, along with a narrative of his personal troubles because of his science. The Catholic Church held that Galileo's theory was heretical, contrary to holy scripture. He was ordered never to speak of it, but he defied that order and was tried before the Inquisition again for heresy and defiance of a Papal decree.

    He was ordered to be secluded for the rest of his life and not to speak of his theory again. The audiobook ends with this sad story of science versus dogma.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMilkyway Media LLC Audio
    Release dateMar 24, 2020
    ISBN9781094281001
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