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an italian astronomer and physicist in
the early 17th century. the catholic
church’s inquisition forced him to
withdraw his support for
copernicus’s theory of the solar
system in 1616.
martin luther
leonardo da vinci
galileo galilei
The definition describes an early 17th-century Italian astronomer/physicist who was pressured by the Catholic Inquisition to renounce support for Copernicus's heliocentric theory. Martin Luther was a religious reformer, Leonardo da Vinci was a Renaissance polymath active earlier, while Galileo Galilei matches this description exactly.
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Galileo Galilei