Bible Quote by Michael Coren

“Galileo got into trouble because he maintained that since the new discoveries seemed to contradict scripture, those passages of scripture should be reinterpreted in…

— Michael Coren

“I knew of no sadder picture in the history of science than that of the old man, Galileo, worn by a long life of…

— Maria Mitchell

“It is undoubtedly true that Galileo didn’t intend to challenge the very theological foundations of the Church of Rome by observing the Moon through…

— Brian Cox

“Actually, what we really need to remember about Galileo is that most of the people who use his name in argument could barely spell…

— Michael Coren

“There was only one trial of Galileo, and yet it seems there were a thousand—the suppression of science by religion, the defense of individualism…

— Dava Sobel

Galileo was no idiot. Only an idiot could believe that science requires martyrdom - that may be necessary in religion, but in time a…

— David Hilbert

The reality is that while heliocentrism was discussed and often accepted within Catholic circles - it was effectively the only place where it could…

— Michael Coren

Galileo probably would have escaped persecution if his discoveries could have been disproved.

— Richard Whately

Galileo wrote that 'the book of nature is written in the language of mathematics; without its help it is impossible to comprehend a single…

— Steven Pinker

Galileos still exist in science. Sometimes a lone proponent of a new idea turns out to be right.

— Kyle Hill

“In the history of science, ever since the famous trial of Galileo, it has repeatedly been claimed that scientific truth cannot be reconciled with…

— Werner Heisenberg

Is it possible that I am not alone in believing that in the dispute between Galileo and the Church, the Church was right and…

— Stephen Vizinczey