why are the names of Copernicus, Kepler, galilleo, stevin, and harvey famous? what discoveries are attributed to them
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Explanation:
Despite its suppression, still alive among a few intellectuals was the theory by Nicolaus Copernicus (Koppernigk), said today to have been the founder of modern astronomy. Copernicus (1474-1543) had been a brilliant Catholic cleric in Poland. For relaxation he painted, translated poetry from ancient Greek into Latin and dabbled in celestial observations with the naked eye.
In 1610, with his telescope, Galileo discovered the moons of Jupiter, and soon afterward he found spots on the sun and the hills and valleys on the surface of the moon. This ability to see where others could not got him into trouble with the Church, whose authorities put ideology ahead of scientific, or empirical discovery. Their theology was deemed correct, and it was for Galileo to conform to it, not for the Church to adopt the science of Galileo or anyone else's science.