> "Science is written in the language of mathematics" - arguably the father of modern science - attended medical school, but did not finish his medical degree, instead spending most of his time studying mathematics - suggesting Earth orbiting around Sun got him accused by church of heresy - though his earlier discovery of the moons of Jupiter were praised by the church - was initially sentenced for life imprisonment, but this was reduced to permanent house arrest in his villa, where he died - pardoned by Pope a long time later - figured out that [[Friction]] was the reason moving objects on earth tend to stop after some time