Stenger on Galileo's Trial
Posted in Modern Myths on February 23rd, 2010 by BilboFrom atheist and professor emeritus of physics and astronomy, Victor Stenger's book, Quantum Gods; Creation and the Search for Cosmic Consciousness:
The story of Galileo's trial by the Inquisition of 1633 for teaching the Copernican system is often presented as a classic example of religion and science coming into conflict. But the story is also part myth and part fact. Historians now largely agree that Galileo was not tried for teaching heliocentrism, but for disobeying a Church.
