MS#107. Galileo's Leap into the Future, 2000 Subjects: Cultural history Written: May 19, 2000 Abstract: Certainly one of the larger bifurcations of world cultural history must be the shift from medieval to modern science. According to many hi storians, the hinge point of that shift was Galileo's early works, beginning abo ut 1611 CE: certainly an outstanding bolt from the blue. In this paper we dig up the roots of Galileo's leap into the future, and offer a theory of the yin-yang type, based on the ancient conflict between Plato and Aristotle. [PDF], 28 pages, 148 KB Last revised by Ralph Abraham