I Can Meet with Dead Scientists

Wang Lin, do you think there's something wrong with this donkey's health?"

Xu Yun: "..."

Why does it feel like this girl is on the path to becoming a female driver?

Then, Wang Bing, Old Jia, and Wang Yue, who had recovered some mobility and ended the long bed scene, all stepped forward in turn, curiously observing Brother Lv's slide sample.

About a quarter of an hour later.

Everyone present, except for a few servants, had basically looked through the eyepiece.

The atmosphere in the courtyard was undoubtedly much heavier than before the observation.

Astonishment, bewilderment, even panic.

These expressions appeared on everyone's face simultaneously.

The mathematician named Lin Huainan, after leaving the microscope, even collapsed onto the ground.

Looking as if his worldview had collapsed.

Xu Yun was not surprised by this, as it was expected; after all, not everyone has a strong heart.

According to the normal trajectory.

After Levin Hook discovered micro-organisms and announced it, likewise many cried out 'the death of truth,' and a few broke down, going mad or choosing suicide.

For people of that time, after learning the truth that ants, insects, and even themselves were composed of countless tiny particles, only a minority could accept it calmly.

In a period when macroscopic cognition was still unclear, telling them microscopic concepts was entirely a bit beyond the syllabus.

It's like in the 21st century.

You suddenly find out that a good friend around you is actually a high-dimensional digital person, and he disintegrates into data fragments right in front of you and disappears.

How many can withstand such a shock?

In Levin Hook's time, it was even thanks to the Protestant Church stepping in and using its authority to stabilize the public's emotions.

Otherwise, according to trends, the shock caused by microbiology would be greater.

Of course.

Some students might ask:

Isn't it wrong?

How could the Protestant Church be so enlightened? Aren't they the ones who burn people?

Dun dun dun dun.

It's time for a science popularization.

To be honest.

In the early stages of modern scientific development, the Protestant Church, or the Holy See, actually did quite a bit.

Many might have heard the story of Galileo's persecution or Copernicus being burned to death, but the real reasons have little to do with science.

First, let's talk about Copernicus being burned to death.

Firstly.

This is completely a fabrication:

Copernicus historically died a natural death; the one who was burned was Bruno.

Furthermore, Bruno's death had little to do with sacrificing himself for science—he wasn't even a scientist, and he only heard of heliocentrism while on the run.

In fact.

Bruno was still a priest, but he believed in the Hermes Sect.

His support for the heliocentric system was due to the profound influence of Hermesism.

Hermesism is an ancient religion with strong mystical, pantheistic, and magical hues.

This religion opposed the Trinity, so in the Holy See's judgment, it was considered a heretical cult.

This religion worshiped the Sun, and the Copernican system happened to meet this requirement.

So by chance, Bruno became entangled with it.

Apart from this.

Bruno had never studied any astronomy, not even knowing some basic knowledge.

For example, Copernicus's cosmology had two orbital motions:

One was the stars orbiting the Sun, the other the Moon orbiting the Earth.

This was a major point of contention in the astronomical circles at the time.

Bruno only accepted the former and not the Moon orbiting the Earth.

In his view, all satellites also orbited the Sun.

He was later arrested in 1592 and burned to death in 1600, with a full eight years passing in between.

The Holy See convicted him of eight charges, all related to promoting heresy, with little connection to science.

Instead, due to his involvement, the Copernican heliocentric theory later also got tagged, making its propagation exceptionally difficult.

As for Galileo.....

Those who know should be more.

Galileo was actually always sponsored by the Holy See, and he was good friends with the Pope of the time, Urban VIII.

How good were these two? You ask.

They were not only from the same hometown but also alumni.

Urban VIII once sent his nephew to Galileo to pursue a doctorate, while Galileo's two daughters were entrusted to Urban VIII to find a way out, later becoming nuns.

So you see.

They were not only friends but also family friends.

In 1616.

At that time, the religious court—namely the Pope, disliking Galileo, passed a decree known as the 1616 injunction.

It warned Galileo not to proclaim heliocentrism as the truth anymore, at most it's a hypothesis, got it?

Galileo said, "Okey dokey," and accepted it at the time.

However, Urban VIII, who was then a cardinal, was very dissatisfied with the injunction.

In a letter to Galileo, he stated that if he ever became Pope, he would definitely not let it come to light.

This flag, which would surely doom a character if placed in a movie or anime, did not affect Urban VIII; he indeed became Pope in 1623.....

And seeing Urban VIII as Pope, Galileo got excited:

"My old buddy has become Pope; can't I bring up heliocentrism again?"

So in 1624.

He made a special trip to Rome to persuade his good friend.