rse." (Adamczewski, p.156) It did not end there. Three menwould later come along to prove the Copernican heliocentric system: Galileo Galilei,Johannes Kepler, and Isaac Newton. (Adamczewski, p.158) The key figure in the battleto have the new astronomy accepted by the Church was Galileo Galilei. He "campaignedto reconcile" the Copernican theory with Christianity, which resulted in a programdefined by Galileo to separate science and faith. (Morphet, p.5) Galileo Galilei was bornin Pisa, Italy, in 1564. Galileo is most known for having invented the telescope, aninstrument he would later use to find evidence to defend the heliocentric theory. A veryopinionated and questioning man for his time, Galileo became unpopular for challengingancient beliefs and believing in the Copernican theory. After he had learned of HansLippershey, a Dutch eyeglass-maker, inventing a spyglass, Galileo got himself one andaltered it making the first telescope. He was now able to see thirty-three times farther intothe sky. Despite the evidence Galileo was able to show to back up his discoveries, peoplestill refused to believe him. Their ignorance and loyalty to the old Aristotelian ways wasthe problem. Through his telescope Galileo saw features of the Moon and endlessamounts of stars, but people just thought that he was being tricked by the Moon. In 1610,Galileo published his discoveries in a book called Starry Messenger. One of hisdiscoveries being that of Jupiter having four moons. It was translated and distributed overEurope. By the end of that year, he had discovered that Jupiter also had rings, but mostimportantly he discovered that the Sun was the center of the solar system because thesunlight on the other planets move across like here on Earth. He now had the proof todefend the Copernican heliocentric theory, but would people believe him? After the 1613of another book called Letters on Sunspots, Pope Paul found Galileo's book a threat to theCatholic Church. ...
