1. Galileo Galilei
because of his constant questioning and arguing against anything his professors said that could not be backed up by solid proof? ... Even as a student, he could not tolerate superstition or claims not backed up by proof, preferably mathematical (Levinger 8). ... Unlike his predecessors, he had proof to back up his claims. ... Galileo wrote to him to correct his errors by using simple geometry (Machamer 29). ... He admitted in 1597 (albeit only in a private letter to his German contemporary Johannes Kepler) to his belief in the Copernican doctrine, but said that he would not come forward...
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