Question

The passage below is from a work written and published by Galileo in 1623. Use the passage to answer the following question:

Answer 1

The correct answer is C, Scholars of the Middle Ages said that one could not understand the universe, while Galileo said that this understanding was possible.

Answer 2

Scholars of the Middle Ages said that one could not understand the universe, while Galileo said that this understanding was possible. Option C is correct.

Galileo Galilei was an Italian astronomer, physicist and engineer, sometimes described as a polymath.

He studied speed and velocity, gravity and free fall, the principle of relativity, inertia, projectile motion among others.

He was also known as the "father of modern physics", the "father of the scientific method", and the "father of modern science."