"The difficulties in the study of the infinite arise because we attempt, with our finite minds, to discuss the infinite, assigning to it those properties which we give to the finite and limited; but this... is wrong, for we cannot speak of infinite quantities as being the one greater or less than or equal to another."

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Source: How three wise men and a tube helped us find our place in the universe by Tim Radford, www.theguardian.com. December 18, 2009.

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Galileo Galilei

Astronomer, Physicist

Galileo Galilei was an Italian astronomer and physicist known for his pioneering work in heliocentrism and the scientific method.

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