Galileo Questions

Way Back When• Why do you think Pope Urban asked

Galileo to publish his works as theories and not facts?

• What do you think a Renaissance Punishment would be for not recanting his statements about the Earth moving around the sun?

• What do you think went through Pope Urban’s head when Galileo used Urban’s words as Simplico in The Dialogue?

Around the World

• How do you think Galileo’s finger was separated from his body and ended up in a Museum?

• Do you think it is ironic that Galileo’s middle finger is the one that is on display?