Yesterday, 15 February, was Galileo Galilei's birthday. He would have turned 451 years old, born in Italy in 1564. He was a physicist, mathematician, philosopher, engineer, and an astronomer most notably. As the "father of modern astronomy" he made great improvements on telescope designs of his time, and during the Renaissance he was one of the most important contributors to the scientific revolution. The Catholic Inquisition sentenced him to spend the rest of his life under house arrest, never allowed to leave his home, because he correctly stated that the Earth orbits the sun. All things considered, he got off light on his unjust punishment since so many people were tortured to death. It only took the Catholic church 400 plus years to finally admit that he was right and they were wrong only in imprisoning him.
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