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Paul: - Galileo's pioneering work in astronomy brought him into conflict with the Church. Bill: - Why do you call his work “pioneering”? Paul: - ---- Bill: - Surely, a set of new ideas. Moreover, we mustn't forget that he was a great mathematician, too.
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He was convinced that Aristotle's explanation of the structure of the universe was inadequate and had to be abandoned. |
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In the first place, the Church believed that his work challenged its authority, and he was therefore put on trial. |
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Actually, one of his life's great scientific passions was the problem of motion, particularly the motion of objects on a moving earth. |
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Well, for the first time, he offered evidence that the earth moved, discovered Jupiter's moons, and formed some idea of the enormous distances between the stars. |
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At his trial, he argued that, if the Church refused to recognize the “new science” and its explanation of the natural world, the authority of the Church would suffer. |