Galileo
First appears in Book 1: The Three-Body Problem, chapter 15 (15)
Appearances
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B3
What you know
Book 1: The Three-Body Problem
- Ch 15Galileo champions observation and experiment, scorns Eastern scholars including Mozi as mystics, and objects that Wang's theory predicts never-seen intermediate-sized suns.
Connections
- ally ofPope Gregory
Key moments
- Book 1 · Ch 15Copernicus presents the three-sun model
Wang, as Copernicus, tells the medieval council that three suns cause the chaotic and stable eras. They reject it and sentence him to burning.
- Book 1 · Ch 15Tri-solar day destroys Civilization 183
A burning knight announces the world has ended. Three giant suns appear, scorching the land and killing the council as Wang watches. The game advances to its second level.