Galileo is the prime example of the modern physicist. He devised methods of observation, description, and analysis that today we take as the basis for all physics. He was seen as a challenger to the church and therefor was not permitted to finish his studies. Galileo theorized that the solar system was heliocentric and this caused him many difficulties. The church forced Galileo to revoke his theory and declare it as only hypothesis to the …showed first 75 words of 527 total…

…showed last 75 words of 527 total…house arrest for the remainder of his life. He was a prominent scientific figure and taught the world a lot about our solar system. Religion was clearly afraid of what his findings might cause for them and for this reason they condemned his theories and gave him no second chance. Galileo made discoveries that were not made again for decades and therefor we can clearly see that he did nothing wrong, but so much right.