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Quotation from Dialogues Concerning Two New Sciences (Second to Fourth Days) by Galileo Galilei
“The force of rigid demonstrations such as occur only in mathematics fills me with wonder and delight”
Dialogues Concerning Two New Sciences (Second to Fourth Days), Fourth Day, after the proposition on maximum range at 45 degrees, trans. Henry Crew and Alfonso de Salvio (1914)
Sagredo had heard from gunners that the greatest range comes at 45 degrees; the proof shows him why.
Citation: "The force of rigid demonstrations such as occur only in mathematics fills me with wonder and delight" — Galileo Galilei, Dialogues Concerning Two New Sciences (Second to Fourth Days), Fourth Day, after the proposition on maximum range at 45 degrees, trans. Henry Crew and Alfonso de Salvio (1914). (id galileo-two-new-sciences-q11)
