# Professor Adam Alter shares his pick for history's most influential feud

1 Faculty News June 1, 2016 ![The Atlantic logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/con_031336.jpg?itok=T4ciY3Gl)>

Excerpt from [The Atlantic](http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2016/06/what-is-historys-most-influential-feud/480780/) -- "Galileo versus the Church, for fueling the myth that science and religion are natural enemies. But the universe doesn’t become less spiritual as we understand it better; in fact, the poetry in scientific truths flourishes with deeper understanding."

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