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[[File:Galileo_Galilei.jpg|thumb|Detail from ''[[Galileo Galilei, Crime Fighter]]'', a well-known illustration of Galileo.]]'''Galileo Galilei''' (15 February 1564 – 8 January 1642) was an Italian astronomer, physicist, engineer, philosopher, mathematician, and crime-fighter who played a major role in the detection and prevention of [[crimes against mathematical constants]] during the seventeenth century. 

See also [[Galileo Galilei (nonfiction)]].

== In the News ==

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File:Galileo_E_pur_si_muove.jpg|link=Galileo Galilei|Physicist and crime-fighter Galileo Galilei, imprisoned on trumped-up charges, uses nail to scratch the equation ''E pur si muove'' on dungeon wall; in the process, he discovers a deliberately concealed [[Gnomon algorithm function]] which proves his innocence.  Although Galileo's accusation that the [[Gnomon algorithm|function]] was stolen and concealed by the [[Forbidden Ratio]] is widely believed to be true, no proof has emerged that the [[Forbidden Ratio|Ratio]] or its [[Degeneracy (nonfiction)|degenerate cases]] were involved.  
File:Galileo Galilei, Crime Fighter.jpg|link=Galileo Galilei, Crime Fighter|''[[Galileo Galilei, Crime Fighter]]'' sells for five hundred thousand dollars.
File:Galileo by Leoni.jpg|link=Galileo Galilei (nonfiction)|[[Galileo Galilei (nonfiction)]] says that he has "no idea what this means, what you call 'crimes against mathematics'. It appears that only crime here is the crime against reason which is your unclear thinking." 
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== Fiction cross-reference ==

* ''[[Galileo Galilei, Crime Fighter]]''
* [[Gnomon algorithm]]
* [[Gnomon Chronicles]]

== Nonfiction cross-reference ==

* [[Galileo Galilei (nonfiction)]]

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