Galileo: And the Science Deniers By Mario Livio

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An “intriguing and accessible” (Publishers Weekly) interpretation of the life of Galileo Galilei, one of history’s greatest and most fascinating scientists, that sheds new light on his discoveries and how he was challenged by science deniers. “We really need this story now, because we’re living through the next chapter of science denial” (Bill McKibben).Galileo’s story may be more relevant today than ever before. At present, we face enormous crises—such as minimizing the dangers of climate change—because the science behind these threats is erroneously questioned or ignored. Galileo encountered this problem 400 years ago. His discoveries, based on careful observations and ingenious experiments, contradicted conventional wisdom and the teachings of the church at the time. Consequently, in a blatant assault on freedom of thought, his books were forbidden by church authorities. Astrophysicist and bestselling author Mario Livio draws on his own scientific expertise and uses his “gifts as a great storyteller” (The Washington Post) to provide a “refreshing perspective” (Booklist) into how Galileo reached his bold new conclusions about the cosmos and the laws of nature. A freethinker who followed the evidence wherever it led him, Galileo was one of the most significant figures behind the scientific revolution. He believed that every educated person should know science as well as literature, and insisted on reaching the widest audience possible, publishing his books in Italian rather than Latin. Galileo was put on trial with his life in the balance for refusing to renounce his scientific convictions. He remains a hero and inspiration to scientists and all of those who respect science—which, as Livio reminds us in this “admirably clear and concise” (The Times, London) book, remains threatened everyday.

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This book repeats a lot of the rubbish written about Galileo. The lies have simply been passed through generations of English readers. Meanwhile, another story entirely has been archived in the original documents, all in Latin.Mr. Livio does Galileo dishonor by attempting to contort a 17th century theological trial performed in a hugely different society to support his 21st century politics. It was painful to read through all of the distortions in his book, although I agree 100% with Livio's ideas about current-day science and politics. Livio's ideas about present-day politics are solid enough to stand on their own. It is a pity that he feels the need to savage history to make his points. In his defense, though, Livio built on a lot of falsehoods in the English language that began in the 17th century. Protestant British authors all-too-gleefully distorted Galileo's trial. These falsehoods were quoted down through generations and distorted more by each re-telling. Reference an earlier historian, but whatever you do, don't do the hard, sweaty work of digging into the original documents and understanding them in the original context, culture, and language.It is only in the last few decades that real historians took another look at the Latin transcripts of Galileo's trial and found something totally different from "Of course, everybody KNOWS this!" Livio adds to the fake history by equating 21st century Trumpism and climate deniers to a 17th century that looked at very different issues in very different ways. Please, Mr. Livio, don't try to out-distort the Discovery-owned channels. No one else can compete with them in the fine art of throwing corrupted "facts" against the wall to see if they will stick.There is virtually no connection between a 17th century canonical trial on theological grounds and modern climate deniers. IMO, falsehood after distortion after mistake fill these pages. No, Galileo's judges did not forbid him to pursue science. They censured his theology and his use of scriptures to prove his scientific ideas. No, Galileo was not some sort of a Deist or Theist. He was a devout Catholic, who became a lay monk. He took the tonsure in 1630. Read and translate the judgment and proceedings. Surprise! There is not one instance of anyone suggesting that he halt or slow his scientific work. They sentenced him to house arrest, which turned out to be more like town arrest, and blocked commercial publication of future books, but the judges prescribed nothing to stop his research. The judgment only considered theology, not science. No, the Copernican model that the earth rotates around the sun was not an idea foreign to the Church. It WAS developed by the Catholic Church. (Copernicus was a Polish Catholic cleric, and he created his theory and published his book with the approval of Pope Paul III.) No, the Catholic Church did not take until 1992 to admit their mistakes with Galileo. They only issued an apology in that year. The Copernican model was proved in long stages over centuries and widely accepted by the mid-18th century, but was not definitively proved beyond all doubt until 1834, when better instruments finally allowed repeatable star parallax measurements within allowable statistical error. The Church changed along with the science during that time. A huge failure of the book is that the author misses the full impact of personalities and how that is at the center of the story. Galileo utterly humiliated the Pope, Urban VIII, his former close friend. Urban gave his blessing to the creation of the book, but asked Galileo to include some of his ideas on the geocentric model. Galileo (in the sensitive time of the Counter Reformation) complied and patterned a dull and ignorant character (think: non-orange dotard) after him. Galileo called his Pope avatar, Simplicitus ... and Europe's Protestants went wild. Urban must have been one to not let go of a grudge. He outlived Galileo and found new ways to revenge himself. He even blocked Galileo from being buried in his chosen location.I should mention three facts that show how the hollow and unsound this book is at fundamental level. First is that Protestants were the primary foes of the Copernican model, not Catholics. This is because Luther wrote extensively and derisively on the subject, and because the Bible has several verses that assume a geocentric earth. Contrast that with what the ranking cleric involved, Cardinal Bellarmine, said, "If you can prove your proposition, I will change my theology." The second is that some Catholics were using the heliocentric model long before Galileo's trial. For example, under Pope Gregory XIII, Jesuit scholars created the more accurate Gregorian calendar that we use today using the heliocentric model as part of their calculations. This was in 1582, more than a full generation before the trial of Galileo. (Protestant countries, locked into their theological objections to the geocentric model, took up to two centuries to adopt the calendar.) The third is that the concept of "science vs. religion" did not exist for Galileo or his Inquisitors. It did not become a widespread concept until 200-250 years after Galileo, the time of Thomas Huxley. Devout scientists previous to that time, including Galileo, Newton, Descartes, and Pasteur saw no divergence between "natural philosophy" and their religion. Science can elucidate how God works.Instead of this book, spend your time with real historians. Read those who use primary sources and stay in the mainstream of research and thought. Mr. Livio, I agree with your defense of science and climate-change theories, but please do not massacre history to suit your own needs and ends. The History, Discovery, and Science Channels were there first.

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