Galileo's Dialogue on the Two World Systems Was Really an Attempt

question 10

Multiple Choice

Galileo's Dialogue on the Two World Systems was really an attempt to

• A) embarrass Copernicus.
• B) support Copernicus through a publication in Italian accessible to a wide audience.
• C) attack Luther and Protestant theological restrictions on scientific inquiry.
• D) apologize to the church for earlier theories he now saw as mistaken.
• E) oppose the dogma and doctrine of the Catholic Church.

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