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Join biochemist Fazale “Fuz” Rana and Christian apologist Steve Anonsen as they explore the real story of Galileo Galilei, beyond the myth of a lone hero battling the church.
Galileo built on centuries of Christian scholarship devoted to rethinking the solar system, physics, and the broader cosmos. His ardent defense of Copernican heliocentrism and his conflict with the church highlight both the brilliance and the limitations of one of history’s great scientists.
This discussion challenges the common “science vs. faith” narrative, showing Galileo as a complex, gifted figure whose legacy still offers lessons for today.
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LINKS & RESOURCES -
Library of Congress, “Whose Revolution? Copernicus, Brahe & Kepler,”
loc.gov/collections/finding-our-place-in-the-cosmos-with-carl-sagan/articles-and-essays/modeling-the-cosmos/whose-revolution-copernicus-brahe-and-kepler
Christopher M. Graney, Setting Aside All Authority: Giovanni Battista Riccioli and the Science Against Copernicus in the Age of Galileo, amazon.com/Setting-Aside-All-Authority-Copernicus/dp/0268206848
Wikipedia, “Deferent and Epicycle,” en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deferent_and_epicycle
History of Science and Mathematics, “Why Didn't Aristarchus’ Theory of Heliocentrism Stick?,” hsm.stackexchange.com/questions/1979/why-didnt-aristarchus-theory-of-heliocentrism-stick
David B. Wilson, “Simplicity in the Copernican Revolution: Galileo, Descartes, Newton,” doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-2627-7_8
Galileo Galilei, “Letter to Madame Christina of Lorraine, Grand Duchess of Tuscany,” inters.org/Galilei-Madame-Christina-Lorraine
Jean Deitz Moss, “Galileo's Letter to Christina: Some Rhetorical Considerations,” https://commonweb.unifr.ch/artsdean/pub/gestens/f/as/files/4740/29590_151541.pdf
PLAYLIST – Stars, Cells, and God
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HOST: Fazale “Fuz” Rana
GUEST: Steve Anonsen
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Join biochemist Fazale “Fuz” Rana and Christian apologist Steve Anonsen as they explore the real story of Galileo Galilei, beyond the myth of a lone hero battling the church.
Galileo built on centuries of Christian scholarship devoted to rethinking the solar system, physics, and the broader cosmos. His ardent defense of Copernican heliocentrism and his conflict with the church highlight both the brilliance and the limitations of one of history’s great scientists.
This discussion challenges the common “science vs. faith” narrative, showing Galileo as a complex, gifted figure whose legacy still offers lessons for today.
_____________________________
LINKS & RESOURCES -
Library of Congress, “Whose Revolution? Copernicus, Brahe & Kepler,”
loc.gov/collections/finding-our-place-in-the-cosmos-with-carl-sagan/articles-and-essays/modeling-the-cosmos/whose-revolution-copernicus-brahe-and-kepler
Christopher M. Graney, Setting Aside All Authority: Giovanni Battista Riccioli and the Science Against Copernicus in the Age of Galileo, amazon.com/Setting-Aside-All-Authority-Copernicus/dp/0268206848
Wikipedia, “Deferent and Epicycle,” en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deferent_and_epicycle
History of Science and Mathematics, “Why Didn't Aristarchus’ Theory of Heliocentrism Stick?,” hsm.stackexchange.com/questions/1979/why-didnt-aristarchus-theory-of-heliocentrism-stick
David B. Wilson, “Simplicity in the Copernican Revolution: Galileo, Descartes, Newton,” doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-2627-7_8
Galileo Galilei, “Letter to Madame Christina of Lorraine, Grand Duchess of Tuscany,” inters.org/Galilei-Madame-Christina-Lorraine
Jean Deitz Moss, “Galileo's Letter to Christina: Some Rhetorical Considerations,” https://commonweb.unifr.ch/artsdean/pub/gestens/f/as/files/4740/29590_151541.pdf
PLAYLIST – Stars, Cells, and God
_____________________________
HOST: Fazale “Fuz” Rana
GUEST: Steve Anonsen
_____________________________
CONNECT WITH US
▶️ Help us reveal God through #science by supporting Reasons to Believe at: support.reasons.org/donate-now?source=OLYOUTUBE
▶️ Follow RTB_Official for more #apologetics content!
Facebook: facebook.com/RTBofficial
Twitter: twitter.com/RTB_official
Instagram: instagram.com/rtb_official
Website: reasons.org
