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Erin
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Posted: May 09 2011 at 2:37am \| IP Logged

Ds14 asked me about Galileo this week, I mumbled something about the full story isn't represented in most books and Church gets a bad rap. Then I stumbled to a halt and realised I really know nothing.

So what is the full Galileo story and how do I explain it to a 14yr old?

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Posted: May 09 2011 at 10:42am \| IP Logged

Catholic Answers has a fairly short explaination of the Galileo controversy

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Posted: May 09 2011 at 5:00pm \| IP Logged

Jodie

Thank you so much

Sharing this with ds today. Off to read and learn more myself.

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Posted: May 09 2011 at 5:29pm \| IP Logged

I got the book Copernicus, Galileo and the Catholic Sponsorship of Science. last year. I haven't delved to much into it yet, but it looks good. I really liked this authors book on Evolution, which is what lead me to get this one as well.

Maybe someone else has a more in depth review?

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Posted: May 09 2011 at 5:30pm \| IP Logged

If you can get The Teaching Company's Science and Religion by Professor Lawrence Principe, he has a wonderful detailing of the "affair." I was able to get it through our library.

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Posted: May 09 2011 at 5:39pm \| IP Logged

Oh, also Patrick Madrid has a article at the Catholic Education Resource Center.

FYI, there's a new book out by Catholic author James Hannam called The Genesis of Science: How the Christian Middle Ages Launched the Scientific Revloution (Kindle edition is only $9.99)

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