The essay compares the history of science with its fundamental achievements and truths. It is shown, by referring to some exemplary cases, that the former could be different, and better, from what it is, if it hadn't been – and still wasn't, in many contexts and in many countries – strongly conditioned by discrimination, despotism, prejudices, bigotry. The latter, on the other hand, could not substantially change, because it is very difficult to imagine an approach to scientific research different from the one that was established in the direction traced by Galileo in the 17th century. That approach is based on two pillars, the mathematical language and the experimental method, which can be improved but not replaced.
Giovanni Prisinzano
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