>>13909805>My overarching thesis is that Galileo lacked technical ability in mathematicsWell, he became famous for being a physicist, not a mathematician...
You can't expect a physicist (or let alone an engineer) to be actually good at math. That only happens in rare exceptional cases.
>The vision of science articulated by Galileo was less original than is commonly assumed.>It had long been taken for granted by mathematicians, who, however, did not stop to pontificate about such things in philosophical prose because they were too busy doing advanced scientific work.>too busy doing advanced scientific work. Did he just admit he is a hack so he has enough time on his hands to pontificate about these silly things?
