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Zeno of Elia tried to show that it is "physical impossibility of infinity" by trying to divide elements into getting smaller and smaller. -
He rejected the idea of infinity, saying that there could never be actual infinity, but the potential of infinity. -
This Greek philosopher was the first to introduce infinity to be boundless, undefined, and ever moving. -
He became the first European to document sunspots. -
He advances the magnification of the telescope by a factor of 21 -
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He said that the stars in the universe are extremely far away and imperfect. He highlights his discoveries in his publication: The Starry Messenger. -
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Used a refracting telescope of his own design to discover three of Jupiter’s four largest moons and the fourth large moon four nights later. -
He published his first scientific masterpiece, the Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems. In this work, he compared the Ptolemaic-Aristotelian theory to the Copernican model, showing that the Copernican system was logically superior. -
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John Wallis is created with the responsibility of creating the infinity symbol. -
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M. C. Escher represented his concept of infinity in “Circle Limits”.
