Putting truth on trial Armed with his discoveries, Galileo converted to Copernicanism, the thoughts of Polish astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus (1473-1543), who had proposed that the sun was the ...

The drama of Galileo's trial by the Inquisition in 1633 has cast him as a renegade astronomer who scoffed at the Bible and drew fire from a Church blind to reason. Indeed, the myth of the martyred ...

It also reflects on the historical context of Galileo's trial and the recognition of scientists in contemporary times. Keywords Galileo Galilei, astronomy, telescopes, scientific contributions ...