New York--Galileo's feud with the Catholic Church, over the scientist's assertion that the planets revolve around the sun, led to his house arrest in 1632 for astronomical heresy. That incident aside (in which, in 1992, Pope John Paul II acknowledged that the Church had erred), the Church has worked diligently in the area of science, especially in astronomy, from the time of Galileo up to the present.
John L. Heilbron, a historian of science, has revealed the extent of the Church's involvement in …
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