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Galileo Galilei (1564-1642) was an Italian astronomer, physicist, and engineer. He is often referred to as the "father of observational astronomy," the "father of modern physics," and the "father of the scientific method." He made pioneering observations of nature with long-lasting implications fo... show more
My dear Kepler, what do you say of the leading philosophers here, to whom I have offered a thousand times of my own accord to show my studies, but who, with the lazy obstinacy of a serpent who has eaten his fill, have never consented to look at the planets or moon, or telescope? Verily, just as serpents close their ears, so do men close their eyes to the light of truth.
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