The trial
1.[3p] What condition did Bellarmine's letter to Foscarini set out?
What condition did Bellarmine's letter to Foscarini set out?
The answer is: If there were a true demonstration of the earth's motion, the contrary scriptures would have to be reread
The answer is: If there were a true demonstration of the earth's motion, the contrary scriptures would have to be reread
The answer is: If there were a true demonstration of the earth's motion, the contrary scriptures would have to be reread
2.[2p] Which cardinal wrote that letter, and admonished Galileo in 1616? Surname only.
Which cardinal wrote that letter, and admonished Galileo in 1616? Surname only.
3.[3p] Why does Galileo's tide argument fail?
Why does Galileo's tide argument fail?
The answer is: Its mechanism gives one high tide a day, while the observed tide is twice in 24 hours and 50 minutes
The answer is: Its mechanism gives one high tide a day, while the observed tide is twice in 24 hours and 50 minutes
The answer is: Its mechanism gives one high tide a day, while the observed tide is twice in 24 hours and 50 minutes
4.[2p] The earth's orbital speed is 29.79 km/s and its equatorial surface speed is 0.4646 km/s. By what percentage does Galileo's mechanism modulate a point's speed through space?
The earth's orbital speed is 29.79 km/s and its equatorial surface speed is 0.4646 km/s. By what percentage does Galileo's mechanism modulate a point's speed through space?
5.[3p] Why did Galileo reject the correlation between the tides and the moon?
Why did Galileo reject the correlation between the tides and the moon?
The answer is: It could only be stated as an influence acting across empty space, which the mechanical outlook was meant to abolish
The answer is: It could only be stated as an influence acting across empty space, which the mechanical outlook was meant to abolish
The answer is: It could only be stated as an influence acting across empty space, which the mechanical outlook was meant to abolish
6.[2p] The Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems set the Copernican arrangement against Ptolemy's, and left out the Tychonic system altogether.
The Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems set the Copernican arrangement against Ptolemy's, and left out the Tychonic system altogether.
The answer is: True
7.[3p] Why did the Jesuit astronomers of the Collegio Romano mostly adopt the Tychonic system?
Why did the Jesuit astronomers of the Collegio Romano mostly adopt the Tychonic system?
The answer is: It fitted every telescopic observation and required no physics of a moving earth
The answer is: It fitted every telescopic observation and required no physics of a moving earth
The answer is: It fitted every telescopic observation and required no physics of a moving earth
8.[3p] Which of these are accurate about the events of 1616?
Which of these are accurate about the events of 1616?
Select all that apply
The answer is: De revolutionibus was suspended until corrected rather than banned outright, Galileo himself was not condemned, The consultants judged the sun's immobility to be absurd in philosophy and formally heretical
9.[2p] Put these in the order they happened.
Put these in the order they happened.
Bellarmine writes to Foscarini setting his condition
Barberini becomes Pope Urban VIII
The Dialogue is licensed and printed in Florence
The Congregation of the Index suspends De revolutionibus
Galileo abjures and is placed under house arrest
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