In Brecht's Life of Galileo, he expands on some points about the character of Galileo. These include the type of physicist Galileo is, his sensual element, and about Galileo's part in general. Of those three, I found the first most interesting. Brecht states, "Its important that you shouldn't idealize Galileo..." He goes on to give a less flattering description of Galileo and his telescope.
Why is it that Galileo is cast in this way? Why are we told not to idealize him due to his great discovery as well as great sacrifice to prove this discovery?
Also, with all of this in mind, Brecht states that Galileo is a "new type of physicist." In what ways are physicists normally represented and why is that? It's rather easy to believe that physicists are often overtook by their research and not so aesthetically pleasing to look at as Brecht implies.
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