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File:Anarchimedes measuring Galileo.jpg|link=Anarchimedes|Rogue mathematician and alleged supervillain [[Anarchimedes]] uses corrupt [[Gnomon algorithm]] configuration files to remotely measure the trans-quantum state of physicist and crime-fighter Galileo Galilei.
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_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 Galilei, Crime Fighter.jpg|link=Galileo Galilei, Crime Fighter|''[[Galileo Galilei, Crime Fighter]]'' sells for five hundred thousand dollars.

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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).

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