The Importance of Mathematics in Galileo's Time

This attitude is everywhere in Galileo's time and also before, probably already in Greek times for all we know. And here's what the Copernica says when he introduces his theory that the sun is in the center of the solar system. For I will make everything clear than they, at least for those who are not ignorant of the art of mathematics. Like Copernicus, Kepler also addresses the non-mathematicians in his great masterpiece, the Astronomy Anova. He has a section in the introduction with the heading advice for idiots. They decided to put this advice for idiots right at the heart of their scientific masterpiece,. these crowning accomplishments that were written for the ages.