IntroductionThe figure of Galileo Galilei (1564–1642) has been etched into the collective imagination as the archetype of the scientist persecuted by the Church. However, what is truth and what is myth in this story? This article seeks to shed rigorous yet tender light on the essential episodes of Galileo’s life, …
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