A response to Thomas Hardy\u27s statement  If Galileo had said in verse that the world moved, the inquisition might have let him alone

McGuffin, Bruce F.

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Journal of Humanistic Mathematics Volume 10 | Issue 2 July 2020 Galileo's Verse Bruce F. McGuffin Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarship.claremont.edu/jhm  Part of the The Sun and the Solar System Commons Recommended Citation McGuffin, B. F. "Galileo's Verse," Journal of Humanistic Mathematics, Volume 10 Issue 2 (July 2020), pages 561-561. DOI: 10.5642/jhummath.202002.30 . Available at: https://scholarship.claremont.edu/jhm/vol10/iss2/30 ©2020 by the authors. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License. JHM is an open access bi-annual journal sponsored by the Claremont Center for the Mathematical Sciences and published by the Claremont Colleges Library | ISSN 2159-8118 | http://scholarship.claremont.edu/jhm/ The editorial staff of JHM works hard to make sure the scholarship disseminated in JHM is accurate and upholds professional ethical guidelines. However the views and opinions expressed in each published manuscript belong exclusively to the individual contributor(s). The publisher and the editors do not endorse or accept responsibility for them. See https://scholarship.claremont.edu/jhm/policies.html for more information. Galileo’s VerseBruce F. McGuffinbrucemcguffin@gmail.com“If Galileo had said in verse that the world moved, the inquisitionmight have let him alone.” -Thomas HardyIf Galileo said in verse“the world moves” then would that be worse?Or better than to say in prose“the world moves”? As the world now knows.For theories, not theology,derived from data all can seebecome accepted over timebased on reason, not on rhyme.Journal of Humanistic Mathematics Volume 10 Number 2 (July 2020)

Galileo\u27s Verse

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Journal of Humanistic Mathematics 
Volume 10 | Issue 2 July 2020 
Galileo's Verse 
Bruce F. McGuffin 
Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarship.claremont.edu/jhm 
 Part of the The Sun and the Solar System Commons 
Recommended Citation 
McGuffin, B. F. "Galileo's Verse," Journal of Humanistic Mathematics, Volume 10 Issue 2 (July 2020), 
pages 561-561. DOI: 10.5642/jhummath.202002.30 . Available at: https://scholarship.claremont.edu/jhm/
vol10/iss2/30 
©2020 by the authors. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License. 
JHM is an open access bi-annual journal sponsored by the Claremont Center for the Mathematical Sciences and 
published by the Claremont Colleges Library | ISSN 2159-8118 | http://scholarship.claremont.edu/jhm/ 
The editorial staff of JHM works hard to make sure the scholarship disseminated in JHM is accurate and upholds 
professional ethical guidelines. However the views and opinions expressed in each published manuscript belong 
exclusively to the individual contributor(s). The publisher and the editors do not endorse or accept responsibility for 
them. See https://scholarship.claremont.edu/jhm/policies.html for more information. 
Galileo’s Verse
Bruce F. McGuffin
brucemcguffin@gmail.com
“If Galileo had said in verse that the world moved, the inquisition
might have let him alone.” -Thomas Hardy
If Galileo said in verse
“the world moves” then would that be worse?
Or better than to say in prose
“the world moves”? As the world now knows.
For theories, not theology,
derived from data all can see
become accepted over time
based on reason, not on rhyme.
Journal of Humanistic Mathematics Volume 10 Number 2 (July 2020)


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