Many scholars accepted the theory of the Greek philosopher Aristotle. He said that the earth was round, stationary, and located in the middle of the universe. The moon, sun and five planets circled ... would cause controversy. Many scientists still accepted the medieval paradigm that favored tradition over change. Finally he published his ideas in his book "On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres'. In this book, he demonstrated how the earth's motion could be used to explain the movements of other heavenly bodies. He could not prove his ... , but his explanation was mathematically strong a...

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... to prove this was true. He found out that Jupiter had four moons and that the sun had dark spots. When he figured this out, that was when he made a book and then people started to find out about it. The church's policy was where nothing was ever taken into consideration. People had discovered new things but the old beliefs are ... that helped him. This was where each swing of the pendulum took exactly the same amount of time instead of it slowing down as it approached its resting place(by Aristotle). Also the Telescope was introduced to Galileo and he created one, which made him look cl...

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