Galileo Galilei: Evidence, Patronage, and Trial
100 Lives That Shaped the World · Episode 36
- Historical Biographies
- 40 min
- Ages 12–99
- 10 chapters
About this audiobook
A biography of Galileo that connects instrument making, telescopic observation, motion experiments, court patronage, print controversy, biblical interpretation, trial, and house arrest.
Why it's worth a listen
It preserves Galileo's intellectual courage while replacing the simple science-versus-religion legend with institutions, personalities, evidence disputes, politics, and collaboration.
A question to keep
How did Galileo turn instruments and argument into public evidence, and why did that success also make his conflict so dangerous?
Chapters
- A New Moon Through a New Instrument
- Music, Mathematics, and Family Obligation
- Padua and the Instrument Economy
- The Starry Messenger
- Sunspots, Phases, and Competing Systems
- How Bodies Move
- Scripture and the 1616 Warning
- Dialogue and Papal Politics
- Trial, Abjuration, and House Arrest
- Beyond Science Versus Religion