Galileo Galilei, Letter to Kepler (1610) in gratitude for Kepler's Dissertio cum Nuncio sidereal (Answer to the Sidereal Messenger) after Galileo sent Kepler a copy of the Sidereal Messenger, as quoted in John Freely, Before Galileo: The Birth of Modern Science in Medieval Europe (2012)
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I thank you because you are the first one, and practically the only one, to have complete faith in my assertions.
— Galileo Galilei on Johannes Kepler
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About Galileo Galilei
Galileo di Vincenzo Bonaiuti de' Galilei (15 February 1564 – 8 January 1642) was an Italian astronomer, physicist, engineer, philosopher, and mathematician who played a major role in the scientific revolution during the Renaissance.
About Galileo Galilei
Galileo di Vincenzo Bonaiuti de' Galilei (15 February 1564 – 8 January 1642) was an Italian astronomer, physicist, engineer, philosopher, and mathematician who played a major role in the scientific revolution during the Renaissance.
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