Copernicus and the Trail of Galileo

The Scientific Revolution came forth a new theory of the universe. This new theory is called heliocentric and it means that the sun is the center of the universe. Before the scientific revolution, there was only the theory of Earth being the center of the universe which is called geocentric. Galileo used the Scientific Method to prove that geocentric was false and the sun was in fact the center of the universe. The church strongly believed in the geocentric theory and put Galileo on trial for his heliocentric beliefs. Galileo later died for his beliefs, but is thought of one of the greatest scientist of all time.