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Galileo Galilei
1638 - Arcetri
Nearly blind and confined at Arcetri, the father of modern science writes what the Inquisition forbade him from saying aloud.
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Galileo's condemnation
1633 · Arcetri, near Florence
Galileo is forced into submission, but the new science is not driven back into silence.
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Galileo Galilei
1638 - Arcetri
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Nearly blind and confined at Arcetri, the father of modern science writes what the Inquisition forbade him from saying aloud.