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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.
File:Galileo by Leoni.jpg|Galileo Galilei (nonfiction)|[[Galileo Galilei (nonfiction)]] says that he has "no idea what this means, 'crimes against mathematics'."  
File:Galileo by Leoni.jpg|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 your unclear thinking."  
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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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