Galileo's Act of Civil Disobedience

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Nonconformity is defined as failure or refusal to conform, as with established customs, attitudes, or ideas. A nonconformist is a person or thing that chooses not to conform to established customs or ideas. This person will bring either positive or negative change no matter what. An example of a nonconformist that brought out positive change through nonconforming is Galileo Galilei. Galileo was an Italian philosopher, mathematician, astronomer, and physicist who was mostly famous for the modernization of astronomy and his theory that the earth wasn’t the center of the universe. Even though Galileo was criticized and was called a heretic he stayed strong in what he knew was right in an act of civil disobedience.
Galileo was born in Pisa Italy on February 15, 1564. Galileo was the first born child to Vincenzo Galilei and Giulia Ammannati. His family moved to Florence Italy after living in Pisa for ten years. In Florence he received education at the Camaldolese monastery in Vallombrosa. Later on in his life he decided to study medicine at the University of Pisa to study medicine. Wh...

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