Galileo bad, Archimedes good
Opinionated History of Mathematics
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The Importance of Experiments
A number of mathematicians solve the cycloid problem with relative ease while Galileo was fumbling around with seizures and glue. Descartes, a mathematically competent person, immediately sends his solution to the problem which he composed on the spot. This just goes to show why mathematicians have so little respect for experiment.
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