Galileo Galilei By: Alex Shadid, Luke Lahood, Hugo Toner and Corrine Callaway

Background Born February 15, 1564 in Pisa, Italy Oldest of six children At first, wanted to be a priest Went into medical school at his father’s willing Started studying Science

Heliocentrism Idea that the sun is at the center of the universe. Galileo Galilei pushed this idea, but the church said it was heresy. nSE nSE

Why Pope was against Heliocentrism Since the Son of God descended from heaven onto Earth, it makes sense that the Earth is at the center of the universe. Literal translations of the Bible supported the Earth being at the center: 1 Chronicles 16:30, Psalm 93:1, Psalm 96:10, Psalm 104:5, Ecclesiastes 1:5

Galileo’s Argument Telescopic observations of the Venus’s and Jupiter’s moons progress through the sky Mathematical calculations Copernican theory: 1543

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