Galileo Galilei (1564-1642)
Mathematician, physicist, astronomer
- 1589: lecturer of mathematics at Pisa
- 1591: professor of mathematics at Padua for 18 yrs
Galileo realized that mathematics could provide the key to formulations (and reformulations) of concepts and laws to make clear, experimentally testable statements
“The book of nature is written in mathematical characters”, Galileo in “The Assayer”
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