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Quote: Galileo's father discovered a mathematical law about the lengths and tensions of musical strings
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skepticism about knowledge
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Meanwhile Galileo's father [Vincenzio Galilei], by experiments on the … traditional music theory. … His father's writings also resembled in various ways … and Modern Music: "It appears to me that … argument in support of it, act very absurdly. … any adulation [of authorities,] as becomes those who are … [Allan-Olney, M., The Private Life of Galileo, London: Macmillan, 1870, p. 2] Google-1 Google-2
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Quote: Galileo's father was skeptical about authority
Topic: science as measurement (36 items)
Topic: history of science (40 items)
Topic: skepticism about knowledge (34 items)