Galileo's finding that Venus goes through these, like the moon, was the 1st direct evidence for Copernican ideas
[DOC] [TLE] Galileo Galilei - University of Oregon [PAR] While in the Pisa cathedral during his first year at the university, Galileo ... Galileo 
became convinced early in life of the truth of the Copernican theory (i.e., that the 
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