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The Assayer
Il Saggiatore
Book • 1638
In 'The Assayer', Galileo discusses the nature of comets and argues they are sublunary phenomena.
The book includes methodological pronouncements, such as the idea that the book of nature is written in the language of mathematics.
It also touches on atomism, a doctrine considered heretical at the time.
The book includes methodological pronouncements, such as the idea that the book of nature is written in the language of mathematics.
It also touches on atomism, a doctrine considered heretical at the time.
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Peter Adamson
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HoP 467 Written in Mathematics: Descartes’ Physics
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Noam Chomsky
Noam Chomsky on Consciousness, Reality, Mind Body Connection, and Mathematical Realism
