Galileo was the first to … what exactly?

Opinionated History of Mathematics

Galileo was the first to … what exactly?

September 21, 2019

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.

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History of mathematics research with iconoclastic madcap twists