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Why is there no section on his trial for heresy???? That's what he is most famous for among the general public! --BoogaLouie (talk) 16:26, 26 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

There is. Long section. See Galileo_Galilei#Controversy_over_heliocentrism. Roger (talk) 05:27, 27 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Concerning the biblical references at the origin of the controversy, there's translation problems that lead to misinterpretation. It is required to have reliable Bibles, those before 1965, or at least the Bible of Jerusalem and the American Bible of the site of the Vatican, and compare both, in order to make disappear the apparent contradictions. Please refer to http://www.christianstrategies.eu/index.php/Bible-Galileo, to http://www.tldm.org/directives/d33.htm , to the Bible of Jerusalem online, http://www.catholic.org/bible/book.php?id=1 and to the Bible of the Vatican, http://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0839/_INDEX.HTM, for further details. Paulo 15:20, 12 November 2011 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 94.108.209.191 (talk) [reply]

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They both were very smart indeed. Thinnker (talk) 17:22, 23 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Not done, no edit requested. Mikenorton (talk) 17:27, 23 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Referring to Neptune, the article now says "its motion". Actually, writing in Latin, Galileo said "sed videbat remotiores inter se". Thus, he treated Neptune's motion as a possibility, not a certainty. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 93.97.194.200 (talk) 13:16, 4 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

"On 25 August 1609, he demonstrated one of his early elescopes, with a magnification of about 8 or 9, to Venetian lawmakers."

Should be "telescopes" not "elescopes". — Preceding unsigned comment added by Xkit (talk • contribs) 19:36, 13 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

 Fixed. Thank you. Now fixed.

David Wilson (talk · cont) 11:01, 14 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I feel this sentence should be removed/changed: According to Stephen Hawking, "Galileo, perhaps more than any other single person, was responsible for the birth of modern science." I know Hawking's a popular scientist and science popularizer but since when is he an authority on history of science? Although the sentence is quite true I think it should be changed for something like "Most historians of science consider Galileo, more than any other single person, as responsible for the birth of modern science". I should be able to find a nice reference. (79.168.249.26 (talk) 16:58, 14 November 2011 (UTC))[reply]

So you want to take a statement from a non-historian and attribute it to a historian? The statement was in the article twice, so . I really don't see how he was any more scientific than dozens of other famous scientists, but go ahead and find quotes if you can. Roger (talk) 18:48, 14 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I am a historian who has published both a peer reviewed article ( “Natural Philosophy or Science in Premodern Epistemic Regimes? The Case of the Astrology of Albert the Great and Galileo Galilei”)on Galileo as well as a book chapter in my volume "Rational Magic" dealing with Galileo. I would like to add a bit more about Galileo's astrology but I see this is a "semi-protected" page and though I am a registered user, I can't edit it. Suggestions? Scotthendrix1970 (talk) 21:44, 1 February 2012 (UTC) Scott Hendrix[reply]