Jorge Stolfi on Nostr: npub15ee80…phmz4 npub1hykuc…73p33 Not sure I agree... Galileo was prosecuted in ...
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Not sure I agree... Galileo was prosecuted in good part because he publicized his discoveries in such a way that he embarrassed and humiliated the jesuits at the Vatican observatory, who were supposed to be the best astronomers of the time. The "Simplicio" character in his /Dialogue/, who defended the geocentric system, was perceived to be a reference to them.
But it is hard to tell real motives from mere excuses, even with statements by the people involved...
Not sure I agree... Galileo was prosecuted in good part because he publicized his discoveries in such a way that he embarrassed and humiliated the jesuits at the Vatican observatory, who were supposed to be the best astronomers of the time. The "Simplicio" character in his /Dialogue/, who defended the geocentric system, was perceived to be a reference to them.
But it is hard to tell real motives from mere excuses, even with statements by the people involved...