Thursday, February 26, 2009

No More Copernican Theory

I received official warning today from Cardinal Bellarmine that I am not to teach or defend the Copernican Theory whereby the Earth moves around the Sun.

--Galilei
26 Feb 1616

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Sir:

How do you propose to respond to this warning? What do you think the Cardinalwill recommend if you choose to ignire his warning?

A concerned student.