the refractor by Galileo and the reflector by Newton. Those two scientific geniuses, as Sir Isaac himself acknowledged, built upon the work of others, and how they came to design their inventions ...
Galileo precedes today’s physicists by many generations, but his work underscores the interplay of intellect and observation ...
etc. But Brecht complicates this picture. His Galileo is a notably selfish hero—willing to steal other people’s inventions, indifferent to his daughter (who he never teaches), seeking after ...