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Galileo and the Church
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Length:
40 minutes
Released:
Aug 15, 2019
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Podcast episode
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Galileo’s sentencing by the Inquisition was avoidable. The Church had no interest in prosecuting mathematical astronomers, but since Galileo had so little to contribute in that domain he foolishly got himself involved with Biblical interpretation. His scriptural interpretations not only got him into hot water: they are also scientifically unsound and blatantly inconsistent with his … Continue reading Galileo and the Church
Released:
Aug 15, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (23)
Galileo bad, Archimedes good: Galileo's bumbling attempts at determining the area of the cycloid suggests a radical new interpretation of his scientific opus. Archimedes's work on floating bodies is an example of excellent Greek science that has not been sufficiently appreciated. by Opinionated History of Mathematics