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Originally Posted by George
Assuming they were this smart, and I'd bet they were (friendly bet only, no precious ice cream), then the Copernican model would clearly make the most sense, and Osiander would then be ridiculing the Ptolemy model, as I felt he was from the context of his preface [foreward].
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According to the historians, Osiander was criticizing Copernicus's model, probably as a way to avoid the censors (hey look guys, no one takes this stuff
seriously, it's just a computational device).
Here's the setup for my question: everyone knows that Galileo ticked off the Pope, and the Pope prosecuted Galileo and had him under house arrest for the rest of his life. Not everyone knows the name (and number) of that pope, Pope Urban VIII. Galileo's longtime friend and protector was Maffeo Barberini, a former Cardinal, to whom Galileo dedicated his book The Assayer, where Galileo explains the new scientific method. It was published while Urban was Pope, and Barberini received the dedication enthusiastically, according to accounts. Barberini had even written an ode of praise in honor of Galileo.
My question: Because of his sympathies with Galileo, what sort of treatment did
Barberini receive from Pope Urban VIII?