Re: 22 June 1633: Galileo Forced to Recant Heliocentric Theory

[Valdis.Kletnieks () vt edu]

On Sat, 24 Jun 2006 17:38:20 CDT, Brian Loe said:

> Could it not be said that he discovered solar systems? :) That seems
> important...

That would more correctly be Copernicus, and the Pope probably wasn't
too thrilled with *him* either.  Alas, Copernicus lived someplace where
this Luther guy had nailed some complaints on the door, so they weren't
taking the Pope very seriously there.  However, Galileo had the bad luck
to be living in a place and time where the Pope's power still held...

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