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May. 10, 2010 — Galileo learned too late, perhaps, that publishing scientific findings can be a dangerous business. The whole endeavor is fraught with political landmines and epistemological pitfalls, and when he threw his weight behind the Copernican view of a heliocentric universe he found himself on the wrong side of the dominant narrative. In 1615, a pair of splenetic clerics denounced him to the Roman Inquisition. Almost 20 years later, after publication of his Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems, he was tried by the Inquisition and found “vehemently suspect of heresy.” Galileo,...Read full article

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    Published: May 2010
    Climate Research UnitDanieleDaniele FanelliDialogue Concerning the Two Chief World SystemsDifferent WavelengthsFanelliGalileoGary BoasGary Boas BlogHwang Woo SukindustrialPLOS ONEPublish or Perishscientific misconductUniversity of East Anglia

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