Galileo's most influential work?

Question

what do you think Galileo's most influential work is and why?

Answer 1

His work on astronomy which went against church teachings. He pretty much proved Copernicus right with the Earth not being in the center of everything as the church insisted on teaching the masses. He wrote a paper which was termed heresy by the church and he was put on trial and recanted only under threat of torture. The church at the time already had known for years the earth rotated about the sun, but was keeping with the dogma of the earth being in the center until they could figure some way to placate the masses. The church was afraid the masses would go mad if the church teaching had been proven false. At the time, the church was the only education available to the common people. So, he published astronomical facts which he discovered which verified the theory of Copernicus of how the solar system worked, was persecuted for it, and only gave in and recanted because he was forced to because of torture. I can't say this was his most influential work, but it was the work with the most consequence. The one key point was his discovery of the moons of Jupiter and realizing the significance that they were rotating about Jupiter, not around the Earth, which proved the Earth could not be the center of everything as the church proclaimed. The church was finally forced to change when the calendar was getting too far out of sync with the holidays and seasons. The church finally made the change in 1583 when the day after October 5th became the 16th. They added 11 days to bring Easter and the other church holidays and celebrations back into sync with the seasons. Which, by the way, is why we have a leap year. The calendar at the time was slipping about 6 hours a year ahead of the seasons every year because it lacked the extra day of leap year. 11 days corrected for about 44 years of creeping error.

There it is, the one pivotal thing with the most impact was realizing the moons of Jupiter rotated around Jupiter instead of the Earth. The church knew he was right, but put him on trial anyway for heresy.

Answer 2

Galileo's major influential work was "Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems" because, it spoke about his struggle for freedom of inquiry and his view on Aristotle's works.

Answer 3

I think it would be the discoveries he made in astrology. The moons of Jupiter were named after him because he founded them. Thats all I really remember about him. I think there is a certain type of thermometer named after him, that is made with water and alcohol.

Yep, I was right there is.

Answer 4

He proved the Earth was round. Hopefully, you can see why I think this is the most significant work.

Answer 5

His work with the telescope and the discovery of space made with it.