Galileo’s 5 Biggest Accomplishments

2. Work on Heliocentrism

Galileo was not the person who coined the theory that the Earth revolves around the Sun and not vice-versa. It was Copernicus who did it. However, Galilei found, studied and put together in writing some of the foundational proof for the theory which was later used to overpower the church’s claims and set the records straight.

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