Galileo Galilei
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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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Galileo Galilei, Crime Fighter sells for five hundred thousand dollars.
Galileo Galilei (nonfiction) says that he has "no idea what this means, 'crimes against mathematics'."
