The Galileo Affair (original) (raw)

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Scientific American

August 1, 1982

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In arguing that the earth circles the sun Galileo adopted a mode of reasoning that led not only to his prosecution by the church but also to the new scientific methodology of hypothesis testing

By Owen Gingerich

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