Life of Galileo
Galileo Galilei revolutionized science by directing the newly invented telescope toward the heavens, discovering Jupiter's moons, lunar craters, and solar spots. His defense of Copernican heliocentrism brought him into direct conflict with the Roman Inquisition. Forced to abjure his scientific convictions under threat of torture, he spent his final years under house arrest and total blindness, continuing his mechanical research until death.
