It's interesting that some of the biggest figures of the past, like Galileo, are either praised or criticized. Here is a brutal take down of Galileo: https://intellectualmathematics.com/blog/the-case-against-galileo-s01-overview/, that at least seems to be well documented.The fact that two people can read about the same person and end up with completely different views makes me wonder how insightful reading about the history of science is.
It's interesting that some of the biggest figures of the past, like Galileo, are either praised or criticized. Here is a brutal take down of Galileo: https://intellectualmathematics.com/blog/the-case-against-galileo-s01-overview/, that at least seems to be well documented.
The fact that two people can read about the same person and end up with completely different views makes me wonder how insightful reading about the history of science is.