From the fact that galileo galilei was imprisoned for supporting the copernican theory which later - Chapter 2, Section 5

Galileo Galilei, natural philosopher, astronomer and mathematician who made fundamental contributions to science.

If I have succeeded in conveying a more nearly accurate picture of what was taking place at this crucial point in history when science and faith, for complex reasons, were almost driven into opposition for the first time because of man's insistence that a working hypothesis was a proven fact, then it will be apparent that history is repeating itself again � only this time with the roles somewhat reversed.