what famous sciensist and inventor spent time in prison for his theoies? name one of his inventions.?

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what famous sciensist and inventor spent time in prison for his theoies? name one of his inventions.?

2007-12-17 07:01:27 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ History

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That would be Galileo who invented the modern telescope, and provoked the Church into putting him in prison, for asserting that the Earth moves around the Sun.

2007-12-17 07:10:53 · answer #1 · answered by nowaynohow 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋

Sir Issac Newton (The telescope)

2007-12-17 07:05:29 · answer #2 · answered by cowboydoc 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋