If you know much about Galileo, you’ve likely heard that the Catholic church took aim at him because of his support of the theory that the earth revolved around the sun.

John Hubisz, adjunct professor of physics at N.C. State University, explained at today’s John Locke Foundation Shaftesbury Society meeting that the popular account of that story is wrong.

3:30 p.m. update: Watch the entire presentation here.

You’ll find other John Locke Foundation video presentations here.