Galileo Publicized His Findings and the Arguments for the Copernican

question 44

Multiple Choice

Galileo publicized his findings and the arguments for the Copernican system in numerous works, the most famous of which was his

• A)On the Revolution of the Heavenly Spheres.
• B)Dialogues on the Two Chief Systems of the World.
• C)On the Motion of Mars.
• D)The Starry Messenger.

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