Galileo's trial in 1633 before the Roman Inquisition is one of the most frequently mentioned topics in the history of science. Galileo's encounter with the Cath

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Considered the paradigm case of the troubled interaction between science and religion, the conflict between Galileo and the Church continues to generate new res

Galileo's scientific work which led him into a quarrel with the church.

In 1633, the Roman Inquisition condemned Galileo as a suspected heretic for defending Copernicus's hypothesis of the earth's motion and denying the scientific a