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GALILEO: Good morning, guys, I hope you're having a lovely day. I am Galileo Galilei, a scientist from Italy and I am the man who is making some exciting discoveries around force and I am here ...

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How did the great modern scientific adventure related to the discovery and study of celestial bodies and the cosmos begin?

In 1609, the Italian astronomer Galileo Galilei upended the Earth-centered Ptolemaic view of the universe by determining that the planets circled the sun based on observations made with an early ...

THE cause célèbre of the Inquisition v. Galileo Galilei has often found mention in the columns of NATURE. In every recrudescence of the old controversy between science and religion it is as ...