1. Galileo Galilei
Even as a student, he could not tolerate superstition or claims not backed up by proof, preferably mathematical (Levinger 8). ... Galileo claimed to have seen mountains on the Moon, to have proved the Milky Way was made up of tiny stars, and to have seen four small bodies orbiting Jupiter (History of Mathematics). ... Suddenly, scientists were faced with mathematical calculations, as opposed to simply fervent speculation, in support of the heliocentric theory of the universe. ... Another factor is that the Catholic Church continued to allow him to teach Copernicanism as a mathema...
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