Galileo was no idiot. Only an idiot could believe that science requires martyrdom - that may be necessary in religion, but in time a scientific result will establish itself.
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- Author's profession: Mathematician
- Nationality: deutsch
- Born: January 23, 1862
- Died: February 14, 1943
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