John Wallis vs. Galileo Galilei
Side-by-side comparison of two thinkers
John Wallis
1616 – 1703
Mathematics
Kingdom of England
John Wallis was an English clergyman and mathematician, who is given partial credit for the development of infinitesimal calculus.
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"Thus in Compliance with your repeated desires, I have given you a short account of divers passages of my life, 'till I have now come to more than fourscore year…"
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Galileo Galilei
1564 – 1642
Science
Italy
Italian astronomer, physicist and engineer whose observations confirmed the heliocentric model.
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"About ten months ago a report reached my ears that a certain Fleming had constructed a spyglass by means of which visible objects, though very distant from the …"
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Connections
Galileo Galilei was influenced by John Wallis
Shared era: 1616 – 1642
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