Person
Galileo Galilei
Astronomer and physicist whose observations challenged geocentric doctrine and institutional certainty.
Why this matters
Galileo is the classic misreading of authority—truth measured against office.
Works2 sources
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Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems
Galilei, Galileo. Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems. Translated by Stillman Drake. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1967.
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Sidereus Nuncius, or The Sidereal Messenger
Galilei, Galileo. Sidereus Nuncius, or The Sidereal Messenger. Translated by Albert Van Helden. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1989.
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