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From his birth in 1564 until his death in 1642, Galileo Galilei lived a remarkable life. ... In spite of this, in Galileo’s time, not everyone readily accepted his ideas, most notably the Holy Office of the Inquisition. The Inquisition wanted to abolish deviation from the ideas of the Church. Though Galileo led a very religious life, the Holy Office found Galileo guilty of heresy. In Galileo’s Daughter, Dava Sobel illustrates Galileo’s life-long struggle between the ideas of the church and science.
Galileo’s book, Dialogue on the Two Chief World Systems, directly opposed the church. ... As the Holy Office had previously warned Galileo not to defend this argument in any form in the Edict of 1616, no evidence could support Galileo in his trial. Consequently, Galileo spent the rest of his life under house arrest, but he remained calm. ... Galileo maintained his studies of astronomy and physics.
As a precursor to his trial, Galileo’s The Assayer also raised controversy with the Holy Office. In this volume, Galileo explained the property of matter, in which everything can be broken down into smaller parts that do not resemble the original entity. ... Though the office warned Galileo, no further action occurred. However, Galileo suspended development of his current work at the time, the Dialogue.
Additionally, Galileo argued against the previously believed perfection of the heavens. People of his time believed all celestial bodies were perfect, crystallized spheres, because of the teachings of the church. Contrarily, Galileo pointed out how the Sun and moon both had obvious imperfections.
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