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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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.

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.

The trial, his first interview with the Inquisitors, ... Galileo Galilei, by Phillip Glass, continues at Opera Theatre of St. Louis through June 29. Click Here to Buy Tickets.