Wednesday, February 25, 2009

How Galileo published his book with the help of his nun daughter

Galileo was this great astronomer and he found out that the sun had sun spots. From this he concluded that the sun rotates, and that the universe does not rotate around the Earth; instead the universe revolves around the sun. This theory went against the church because they thought that the earth was God's "chosen planet" and everything revolves around it. However if Galileo was right, that meant the church was wrong. And if they were wrong about something like that, then they could be wrong about everything else; and then people would start questioning the church and then they'd crash and burn.

Anyways, Galileo wrote a book about his theory, in which his daughter, Maria Celeste helped. As he wrote the book, he sent it to his daughter in the convent. In there she proofread his documents and worked as his editor. Without her, his book probably wouldn't make as much sense and would have more spelling errors. However, thanks to her it came out well, and looked like a legit book. Maria Celeste also helped her father in more ways, even though she was stuck with nuns and lived away from her father. She provided ailments for Galileo when he got sick and she took care of his health and well-fare. Also when Galileo got in trouble for his book by the church, she gave him advice not to say anything unless asked. As shown, she played a big part in his life and contributed to his document. 

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