Same Day, Different Century
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Same Day, Different Century
Galileo Kneels
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On June 22, 1633, Galileo Galilei knelt before the Roman Inquisition and publicly renounced his belief that the Earth moves around the Sun. He was sixty-nine years old, in failing health, and he knew the science was on his side.