Facts which at first seem improbable will, even on scant explanation, drop the cloak which has hidden them and stand forth in naked and simple beauty.

Galileo Galilei

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Intellectual progress Scientific progress

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Sagredo

Author

Galileo Galilei

Language

Italian

Time

1638 1630s 17th century

Occupation

Physicist Scientist

From

Italy Europe

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Citation

Galilei, Galileo. "Giornata Prima [First Day]." Discorsi e dimostrazioni matematiche intorno a due nuove scienze [Discourses and Mathematicals Demonstrations Relating to Two New Sciences]. Leiden: Ludovico Elzeviro, 1638.

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Cities, like dreams, are made of desires and fears.

Italo Calvino

Invisible Cities

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Cities

Author

Italo Calvino
Source
Invisible Cities
Medium
Novel
Language
Italian
Time
1972 1970s 20th century
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Calvino, Italo. Le citta invisibili [Invisible Cities]. Giulio Einaudi, 1972.