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Seems to me only after Galileo introduced the idea that we could use mathematics to predict physical outcomes could modern engineering take hold.
by hughw 3y ago
Seems to me only after Galileo introduced the idea that we could use mathematics to predict physical outcomes could modern engineering take hold.
- asdff 3y agoLong before Galileo. The Ancient Greeks had analog computers that could predict planetary movements.
- hughw 3y agoSure. But they didn’t have a model that understood f=ma or inverse square distance gravity. They didn’t have a causal model. So they couldn’t use techniques of predicting planetary motion to predict projectiles motion. Galileo and Newton tied it all together.