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“Philosophy is written in this all-encompassing book that is constantly open to our eyes, that is the universe; but it cannot be understood unless one first learns to understand the language and knows the characters in which it is written. It is written in mathematical language, and its characters are triangles, circles, and other geometrical figures; without these it is humanly impossible to understand a word of it, and one wanders in a dark labyrinth.”

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Il Saggiatore

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Galileo Galilei
Galileo Galilei

Galileo Galilei, an Italian physicist, astronomer, mathematician, and philosopher, is considered the father of modern science. He was born on February 15, 1564, and died on January 8, 1642. Galileo made significant contributions to the fields of physics, astronomy, mathematics, and philosophy. He discovered the four moons of Jupiter through his telescope, supporting Copernicus' heliocentric model, and proposed the law of free fall and other scientific theories. more

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