... his colleagues to convince their opposers. As obviously as it may sound, Galileo's sole purpose of using detailed illustrations and diagrams within his Starry Messenger was to convince its readers; and an attempt to prevent any possible refutations as much as possible. The illustrations and diagrams were his ... difference between the machines built by artisans and the diverse bodies that nature alone composes."" (Shapin 32) When I reached the last page of the Starry Messenger and felt relieved, I came across a sentence that struck me. "It is known that the interposition of terrestrial va...

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... false. The first thing he saw was that the moon was mountainous and pitted, much like earth, and in 1610 he discovered four moons circling Jupiter which he published as Starry Messenger. Galileo had tried several times with no luck to work under the Medici family who had ruled for centuries and had dominated banking and commerce in Florence also being influential ... in church matters. Galileo saw his discovery of the four moons as his best chance and so he sent Starry Messenger, his finest telescope, and a personal plea to the Medici family. Soon he was granted the position of mathemat...

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... early 1600's out of ebony and ivory and a 30mm lens. Using this telescope he was able to discover the moons of Jupiter. He announced his find in the Siderius Nuncius (Starry Messenger) in February of 1610. Also, using the frequencies of appearance of the satellites of Jupiter he was able to develop a means of determining longitude at sea. The lens of his ... ...

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... Church from the very mistake it made by abolishing his work and teachings in 1616"(pg. 56). Drake sets up the Inquisition of Galileo by connecting Galileo's "Letter to Castelli", "Starry Messenger" and his "Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems" material as offensive and threatening to the Church. In these Drake stresses Galileo's enthusiasm for the Copernican view and for the ... ...

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... used to develop his astronomical discoveries. The numerous astronomical discoveries made by Galileo with the aid of his telescopes were described in a short book called Message from the stars or Starry Messenger (Sidereus Nuncius) published in Venice in May 1610. In this book, Galileo claimed to have seen mountains on the Moon, to have proved that the Milky Way was made up ... ...

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... contradicted the Ptolemaic system and confirmed the Copernican system. In 1610, Galileo started to publish his findings on the Copernican system. The first publication of his findings was in "The Starry Messenger (MacLachlan)." The publications of Galileo's findings got him in a lot of trouble with the Catholic Church. In 1616, Galileo was summoned to Rome and banned by the Catholic Church to ... ...

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... his predecessor Nicholas Copernicus, a Polish astronomer who developed the heliocentric theory that the earth rotates daily on its axis and revolves yearly around the sun. In 1610, Galileo published The Starry Messenger, presenting his findings. This new theory went completely against the ancient belief that the earth was the center of the universe and aroused a storm of protest from the Catholic Church ... ...

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