For centuries, humanity concieved of a cosmos with a fixed earth at its center with stars and planets orbiting around it. Then one day, an obscure Polish priest proposed an outlandish new theory. But it was Galileo and his telescope that would provide the ultimate proof for this radical theory when he bore witness to the universe as it truly existed. Galileo boldly challenged the Catholic Church's view of the universe... in the process, he gave birth to modern astronomy.
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PHOTO CAPTION: The first known diagram to depict a heliocentric (sun centered) universe.
MUSIC:
"Nonstop" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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"Heavy Heart" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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"Hidden Past" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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"Perspectives" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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"Ossuary 1 – A Beginning" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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"Americana" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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"Crossing the Divide" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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"Suite Number 4 in D Minor, Sarabande" George Frideric Handel
REFERENCES:
*'Copernicus and His World' *(documentary)
Open University (OU) and BBC London
'Galileo' by J.L. Heilbron
'The Stories Behind the Voyager Mission: Linda Morabedo Kelly'
by A.J.S. Rayl and Linda Morabedo Kelly
planetary.org