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Galileo affair

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Galileo Galilei

Italian polymath (1564-1642)

Italian Dominican friar, philosopher and mathematician (1548–1600)

and yet it moves

phrase attributed to Galileo Galilei on being forced to recant his scientific view

Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems

1632 book by Galileo Galilei

Life of Galileo

German play by Bertolt Brecht

17th century conflict between Galileo Galilei and the Roman Catholic Church

Two New Sciences

1638 book by Galileo Galilei

Cesare Cremonini

Italian academic and philosopher (1550–1631)

Melchior Inchofer

Hungarian jesuit

Vincenzo Maculani

Catholic cardinal

Giovanni Francesco Sagredo

Italian mathematician

Filippo Salviati

Italian astronomer (1583-1614)