Dr. Livio discusses his newest book Galileo and the Science Deniers (2020), a timely account of Galileo's struggle for recognition that the planets orbit the Sun. His proof conflicted with Church’s Aristotelian doctrine, which maintained that the Earth was the center of the universe. Galileo was condemned and severely punished by the Inquisition. Dr. Livio considers the similarity between the resistance to scientific facts in Galileo’s era and anti-science today --a very timely discussion.
Mario Livio, Ph.D., astrophysicist (Hubble Space Telescope until 2015) and best-selling author of eight books, including 'The Golden Ratio', 'Brilliant Blunders', and 'Galileo', and has published more than 500 scientific articles, significantly contributing to topics ranging from cosmology, supernova explosions, and black holes to extrasolar planets and the emergence of life in the universe.