1564 was born in Pisa on February 5th. It is the first time in history that two objects with the same shape but different weights fall as fast as the church, which opposes the stereotype of the church. As a result, they were persecuted by the church in their later years and imprisoned for life.
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1609, after knowing that the Dutch had telescopes, Galileo made an astronomical telescope (later called galileo telescope) and used it to observe celestial bodies, and discovered many previously unknown astronomical phenomena. Galileo was the first scientist who made great achievements in observing celestial bodies with a telescope.
Galileo persisted in fighting against the scholasticism of the church all his life, and advocated using concrete experiments to understand the laws of nature, believing that experiments were the source of theoretical knowledge. Do not recognize the absolute truth and the absolute authority to master the world truth, and oppose superstition and blind obedience.
Recognizing the objectivity, diversity and infinity of matter is of great significance to modern philosophy. However, due to historical limitations, it is emphasized that only material attributes that can be summarized as quantitative characteristics exist objectively.
Galileo abandoned Heliocentrism after he was imprisoned for supporting Heliocentrism. Considering all kinds of obstacles, the shortest between two points is not necessarily a straight line, which is very modern. It is precisely because of this idea that we can give up temporarily and get eternal support, but we can continue to contribute to science without Bruno's fate.
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