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Galileo and the Church
Galileo and the Church
Galileo’s sentencing by the Inquisition was avoidable. The Church had no interest in prosecuting mathematical astronomer... Read more
15 Aug 2019
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Societal role of geometry in early civilisations
Societal role of geometry in early civilisations
In ancient Mesopotamia and Egypt, mathematics meant law and order. Specialised mathematical technocrats were deployed to... Read more
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What was Galileo’s great innovation in science? To give practical experience more authority than philosophical systems? ... Read more
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What did 17th-century mathematicians such as Newton and Huygens think of Galileo? Not very highly, it turns out. I summa... Read more
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Historiography of Galileo’s relation to antiquity and middle ages
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Our picture of Greek antiquity is distorted. Only a fraction of the masterpieces of antiquity have survived. Decisions o... Read more
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The case against Galileo on the law of fall
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Galileo is praised for his work on falling bodies, but his arguments were dishonest and his trifling discoveries were no... Read more
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Galileo’s errors on projectile motion and inertia
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Galileo gets credit he does not deserve for the parabolic nature of projectile motion, the law of inertia, and the “Gali... Read more
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Galilean science in antiquity?
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Ancient Greek scientists studied the dynamics of falling bodies. Were “Galileo’s” discoveries anticipated in these treat... Read more
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Why Galileo is like Nostradamus
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Galileo’s theory of comets is hot air
Galileo’s theory of comets is hot air
Galileo thought comets were an atmospheric phenomenon, not physical bodies in outer space. How could he be so wrong when... Read more
7 Jul 2019
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