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A Solution to Galileo's Enigma "Mostro Son Io"

History and Philosophy of Physics 2022-05-05 v2 Earth and Planetary Astrophysics

Abstract

Galileo Galilei was a skilled writer and explored several genres, from the well-known scientific writings (often in the form of dialogs) to theater and poetry. His last published poem, "Mostro son io" (A Monster am I), is a riddle written in the form of a sonnet. We suggest that the solution to Galileo's riddle is the Zodiac.

Cite

@article{arxiv.2204.07525,
  title  = {A Solution to Galileo's Enigma "Mostro Son Io"},
  author = {Giovanni Busetto and Alessandro De Angelis},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2204.07525},
  year   = {2022}
}
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