There is no arguing that there is something special about Galileo that has placed him in a certain place of respect in the minds of the majority of the population today. However when his ideas and methods are evaluated he doesn’t come off as being an outstandingly brilliant scientist. I think that the reason that he is so revered and seen as the pioneer of the Enlightenment today has more to do with his personality than with the merits his scientific argument brought forth.
The idea that Galileo is most widely known and accredited for is proving that the Earth is not the center of the universe like it was thought to be. Rather, the Earth and other planets revolve around the sun. This idea was not even the work