The most infamous name in not only astronomy, mathematics, and science itself is Galileo Galilei. Nicholas Copernicus will always have the title of the Copernican theory, but Galileo was the stand-alone astronomer and scientist who dismantled the establishment of the late Middle Ages. Galileo did not only refute Copernicus, but he wrote down how often Copernicus or the Ptolemy was wrong. He creates his own lens within the Ptolemaic telescope and finally brings the universe into view - something that had never been done before. He is the scientist that begins the movement in Calculus and is charged for heresy by the Catholic Church unlike Copernicus who dies before he can face them. Galileo Galilei is unfortunately, not the first person to question Ptolemy (as Copernicus technically does), but he holds a significant spot in
The most infamous name in not only astronomy, mathematics, and science itself is Galileo Galilei. Nicholas Copernicus will always have the title of the Copernican theory, but Galileo was the stand-alone astronomer and scientist who dismantled the establishment of the late Middle Ages. Galileo did not only refute Copernicus, but he wrote down how often Copernicus or the Ptolemy was wrong. He creates his own lens within the Ptolemaic telescope and finally brings the universe into view - something that had never been done before. He is the scientist that begins the movement in Calculus and is charged for heresy by the Catholic Church unlike Copernicus who dies before he can face them. Galileo Galilei is unfortunately, not the first person to question Ptolemy (as Copernicus technically does), but he holds a significant spot in