Galileo's daughter, Maria Celeste, played a key role in assisting her father, which in turn helped people in present as we wouldn't have been able to know about Galileo's works had she not assisted him. She helped her father in several ways, some of which are:
- keeping him alive by doing her best to keep Galileo from catching the bubonic plagu
- serving as his editor for The Dialogo, as she was able to understand the work and take out parts that didn't make sense
- advised her father to say nothing against the church, as she knew that would result in a harsher punishment
Had Maria not taken care of her father, making sure he didn't drink too much and making sure he took his medication, Galileo probably would have succumbed to his illness and died, and since a dead person can't study astronomy, Galileo's amazing work would never have reached our ears had it not been for Maria Celeste
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