A convergent objective lens and a divergent eyepiece lens are characteristic of the telescope named for this man, who reportedly said "E pur si muove!", or "And yet it moves", after losing a trial in the wake of the publication of his Dialogue Concerning Two Chief World Systems.
This man is the subject of much of the scholarly work of Stillman Drake. Adam Elsheimer reworked his painting The Flight into Egypt after the publication of this man's pamphlet Sidereus Nuncius. The characters Salviati, Sagredo, and Simplicio star in several of his works, including one that contains an early discussion of the idea that comparisons are undefined on infinite sets and introduces the (*) square-cube law. A convergent objective lens and a divergent eyepiece lens are characteristic of the telescope named for this man, who reportedly said "E pur si muove!", or "And yet it moves", after losing a trial in the wake of the publication of his Dialogue Concerning Two Chief World Systems. For 10 points, name this Italian scientist condemned by the Inquisition for his support of heliocentrism.
This man is the subject of much of the scholarly work of Stillman Drake.
Galileo [or Galileo Galilei]