Mehmet Murat IldanHistory of science is a relay race, my painter friend. Copernicus took over his flag from Aristarchus, from Cicero, from Plutarch; and Galileo took that flag over from Copernicus.
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When it comes to the history of science the most important thing is not what happened in the beginning but what happens in the end. It is not always easy to understand why people are famous, but they are famous because of what they did after. We are all ignorant when it comes to history of science, but that does not mean that we forget things that happened in the past.
Source: Galileo Galilei
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