SOC 201 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1.2: Hans Lippershey
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Then, along came the italian astronomer galileo galilei, who was born in pisa in. In 1609, galileo was visiting venice, where he learned of a new device invented by spectacle-maker hans lippershey: a telescope. Back home, in 1610, galileo built his own telescope (one that was three times as powerful as lippershey"s original) and was the first to use the instrument to examine the heavens. Galileo found evidence to support the heliocentric theory. In 1632, galileo presented this evidence in a book titled dialagoi ai due massimi. Sistemi, or dialogue on the two great systems of the world. Galileo understood the risk of publicly contradicting the teachings of the church. In hopes of reducing his risk, galileo wrote his book as if it were a dialogue between two scholars one who argued for ptolemy"s (and the church"s) view, the other who propounded copernicus"s theory.
