Galileo Galilei: An Influential Man In The Renaissance

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Galileo Galilei was a very influential man in the Renaissance. He was a mathematician, physicist, astronomer, inventor, and philosopher. Additionally, he unified the individual sciences of math and physics. One example of the influence in which Galileo had on the world revolves around the discussion of Earth being the center of the universe. During Galileo’s time, the popular view of the public was Aristotle's theory that the Earth is indeed the center of the universe. However, Galileo chose to stand against this belief and declare that Earth is not the center. Many religious leaders were scared of the idea that people are only specks in an infinite universe, but Galileo used a tool to study the skies, which became a major influence on his position of Copernicus's theory. He was the first to examine space through a functional telescope. With this tool, he accepted Copernicus's theory that the Earth …show more content…
He obtained approval by the Pope, who was related to Galileo, to write about Ptolemy and Copernicus and their ideas about the universe. Galileo was not authorized to write a report about either principle, because at the time it was believed that no man should be able to judge how the world is made, yet in 1632, Galileo introduced his new book to the world, supporting the theory of Copernicus- that the Earth revolves around the Sun. When the Pope discovered this, he was outraged and ordered a prosecution. The church was afraid to accept his discovery because it would prove that humans are not the central focus and might not be that important in the whole scheme of things. He was forced to say that he no longer held the opinions of his book, because he did not want to return to a dungeon. However, his license to write was taken, and Galileo was under house arrest. There Galileo wrote another book, and discovered numerous other things before he perished in 1642 at the age of
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