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Galileo vs the Church: Science and Heresy in Baroque Italy
In 1633, Galileo Galilei stood before the Roman Inquisition, accused of heresy for claiming that the Earth moves around the Sun. This episode explores the drama of Galileo's trial and its broader context: the Counter-Reformation Church's crackdown on intellectual dissent, the role of Pope Urban VIII (a former friend and patron), and the fallout that reshaped Italian science. We discuss Galileo's groundbreaking observations with his telescope (sunspots, Jupiter's moons, Venus's phases), his 1616 warning from Cardinal Bellarmine, and the disastrous publication of his…
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