Word bank: 1.blasphemy 2.enmity 3.erroneous 4.garner 5.heretic 6.incite 7.languish 8.peruse 9.recluse 10.renounce
The great scientist Galileo Galilei, usually known simply as Galileo, was a brilliant man who was far ahead of his time. But instead of earning accolades, his discoveries earned him the (1___ of the powerful Catholic Church, which tried for years to silence him. Born in 1564 in pisa, Italy, Galileo became a student of mathematics. He invented a device for making mathematical measurements and found the first dependable way of keeping time. But his true passion was kindled when he learned of the first telescope, which had been invented in Holland.he (2(((e)d every piece of writing he could find about the new invention, then built much stronger telescopes and began study the sky. The information he (3(((e)d let to some startling realization. He found out that several ideas taught as facts by the universities and the church were (4___. For instance, the Church insisted that the moon was a perfectly smooth ball. G, however, could see that the moon's surface was dotted with mountains and valleys. More important, the Church insisted that the Earth was the center of the universe. Galileo's studies showed that the earth and other planets rotated around the sun.To the Church, this idea was (5___: an infraction of its own teachings. Church officials called the scientist a(n) (6) ___ for saying that the universe did not rotate around the earth. They feared that Galileo's findings would (7___ people to question the church in other ways. Therefore, they demanded that Galileo (8___ his own findings. But he ignored their reproach and continued to write about what he knew to be true. For the last eight years of his life, Galileo (9(((e)d under house arrest, forbidden to leave his own house. Even while he was forced to live as a(n) (10___ he continued to study and to write about his discoveries. More that three hundred years after his death. Galileo was pardoned by the church, which finally admitted that he had been right all along.
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