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Caccini Attack on Copernicanism

Italy · Science / Astronomy. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1614

Galileo Galilei21 December 1614

Florence · Science / Astronomy

Galileo becomes the target of a public sermon by Tommaso Caccini attacking Copernican astronomy and mathematicians.

Names involved

Galileo Galilei

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