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To: TXnMA

Um, no. Neither were Galilean mathematics. Galileo made it point to belittle and insult his indulgent patron over about a matter which he clearly did not understand. Galileo was not a mathematical astronomer. I truly believe that without the Vatican trial, Galileo would be a minor figure in the history of science, inferior probably to Edmund Halley or even Robert Hook.


92 posted on 09/01/2012 6:36:02 PM PDT by Lonesome in Massachussets (The Democratic Party strongly supports full civil rights for necro-Americans!)
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To: Lonesome in Massachussets
Galileo wasn't the problem.

No matter how many political ballots were burned to select him, the Pope had no more business issuing edicts on natural matters like celestial mechanics than the politician-appointed SCOTUS had in declaring CO2 a pollutant. Both were acting outside their respective spheres of expertise and authority.

95 posted on 09/01/2012 7:21:59 PM PDT by TXnMA ("Allah": Satan's current alias...)
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