Galileo, Science and the Church, by Jerome J. Langford, are about the trials and tribulations of Galileo with the Roman Catholic Church in the 1600’s. The church did not agree with Galileo’s ideas; mainly theories associated with Copernican astronomy. The primary intention of Langford is to bring the truth of Galileo’s trials to his readers, and to show that ultimately Galileo was correct in his theories and was not trying to go against the churches’ belief. Galileo was merely trying to seek truth in science, and wanted to be known as a historical scientific figure. Therefore, Galileo was unjustly accused, ridiculed, and convicted of heresy. In Galileo’s defense of heresy, Langford writes, “ This was an unfortunate decision on several accou
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