Galileo co-opts emerging telescope technology to prove the earth is not the center of the cosmos. In a repressive culture governed by aristocracy and clergy, science is a threat and enlightenment is a luxury. Galileo must choose between death by the Inquisition or recanting to a hypocritical yet all-powerful Papacy. He has forsaken family, friends, and fortune to pursue his scientific passion.
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Galileo co-opts emerging telescope technology to prove the earth is not the center of the cosmos. In a repressive culture governed by aristocracy and clergy, science is a threat and enlightenment is a luxury. Galileo must choose between death by the Inquisition or recanting to a hypocritical yet all-powerful Papacy. He has forsaken family, friends, and fortune to pursue his scientific passion.
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