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To: Fester Chugabrew
"Immensely popular" is an overstatement.

No, it's not, the book's name is "Sidereus Nuncius"--look it up yourself--it won't be too hard to find, it's one of the Great Books. Had it not been so popular, there would have been no compelling need for the Church to crack down on it.

858 posted on 05/26/2005 1:09:16 PM PDT by donh
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To: donh
. . . there would have been no compelling need for the Church to crack down on it.

Were it not for the fact that this book was received also among those in the church, who in that day were nearly the sole supporters of scientific endeavor, your statement would almost make sense.

863 posted on 05/26/2005 1:15:57 PM PDT by Fester Chugabrew
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