What famous scientists have gotten in trouble for their ideas?

4 Scientists That Were Disregarded During Their Time

• Gregor Mendel. Unbelievably Mendel’s work on genetic inheritance wasn’t read by anyone during his life.
• Ignaz Semmelweis. A Hungarian physician working in Austria, Semmelweis noticed that one hospital of his had very high death rates.
• George Zweig.
• Ludwig Boltzmann.

Who was killed for saying that Earth moves around the sun?

Galileo
Galileo was ordered to turn himself in to the Holy Office to begin trial for holding the belief that the Earth revolves around the sun, which was deemed heretical by the Catholic Church.

What are some examples of things that have been disproved by science?

The aether was famously disproved by the Michelson–Morley experiment. Another example that is a bit more obscure is in crystallography, where it was once thought that crystalline solids could only be composed of repeating blocks (unit cells) that could be used to tile all of space.

Why is it so hard to disprove physics theories?

The physics community has become much larger, much more thoroughly documented, and much more specialized. This means that it is increasingly difficult to have a debunkable theory become universally accepted before it is disproven.

Is it possible to disprove a theory before it is disproven?

This means that it is increasingly difficult to have a debunkable theory become universally accepted before it is disproven. Perhaps the best known example of a debunked ‘theory’ among physics students is the aether, once thought to be the medium which light propagated through.

Can a theory be upended with contrary evidence?

That is to say, a well accepted ‘theory’ (framework for understanding/predicting nature) can always be upended with sufficiently compelling contrary evidence. That being said, as one progresses in the history of physics towards modern times, examples become harder to come by.