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… - Galileo Galilei

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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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About Galileo Galilei

Galileo di Vincenzo Bonaiuti de' Galilei (15 February 1564 – 8 January 1642) was an Italian astronomer, physicist, engineer, philosopher, and mathematician who played a major role in the scientific revolution during the Renaissance.

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Alternative Names: Galileo di Vincenzo Bonaiuti de' Galilei Galileo G. Galilei Galilei
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E pur si muove.

(Albeit It does move.)

[What Galileo purportedly muttered after torturers forced him to recant his theory that the earth orbits the sun.]

They seemed to forget that the increase of known truths stimulates the investigation, establishment and growth of the arts; not their dimination or destruction.

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La matematica è l'alfabeto nel quale Dio ha scritto l'universo.

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