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Through out history many famous people were disrespected. With that disrespect society has been extremely affected. For instance look at Galileo who was put on house arrest for going against the church. He claimed that the galaxy was not geocentric which means that the solar system goes around the earth. He instead said that the solar system was Heliocentric which went against the popular belief Heliocentric means that everything revolves around the sun. Sense he was he was put on house arrest who knows what he could discover if he was allowed to leave his house. By putting him on house arrest they set back humanity. Another famous person is Isaac
Newton. Newton was called a heretic. This was due because he was thinking ahead of his time.
Not only was he called a heretic but somebody also tried to steal his work. The scientist that tried to steal his work was Robert Hooke. This man also founded Hooke's law. This was a childish act and showed how grown up our society was at the time.
Another famous scientist that was disrespected was Albert Einstein. One way he was disrespected was th...

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