Explore Galileo Galilei's life, discoveries, controversies and legacy in astronomy. ... Nearly 70 at the time of his trial, Galileo lived his last nine years under comfortable house arrest, ...

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In the late 1500s, Florentine astronomer, physicist, and engineer Galileo Galilei theorized that mass does not affect gravitational pull, contradicting Aristotle. Galilei believed that all things ...

Philip Glass' rarely performed work "Galileo Galilei" is different from a lot of operas: it's short, only has a 13-piece orchestra and ends at the beginning of Galileo's career.

Stephen Hawking was born exactly 300 years after Galileo Galilei died. ... In 1633, Galileo found himself on trial, accused of heresy for challenging the Church's geocentric dogma.

Bains Elementary School fifth graders role-played a trial between Galileo and the church to their class at Bains Elementary. Camille Burns and Sarah Fudge’s class was split, and each side came ...

To secular scholars, Galileo Galilei (1564-1642) ... And indeed, except for the Scopes trial, no other single event so thoroughly cemented religion’s reputation as the enemy of science.