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Galileo was the first to … what exactly?
Galileo was the first to … what exactly?
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44 minutes
Released:
Sep 21, 2019
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Was Galileo “the father of modern science” because he was the first to unite mathematics and physics? Or the first to base science on data and experiments? No. Galileo was not the first to do any of these things, despite often being erroneously credited with these innovations. Transcript Galileo is “the father of modern science,” … Continue reading Galileo was the first to … what exactly?
Released:
Sep 21, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (23)
Galilean science in antiquity?: Ancient Greek scientists studied the dynamics of falling bodies. Were “Galileo’s” discoveries anticipated in these treatises that have since been lost? This question leads to a bigger one regarding relativism versus universalism in the history of thoug... by Opinionated History of Mathematics