The Book of the science of Mechanics must precede the Book of useful inventions.[Il libro della scietia della machine va inazi al libro de giovameti.]
Quantum mechanics is certainly imposing. But an inner voice tells me that this is not yet the real thing. The theory yields much, but it hardly brings us closer to the Old One’s secrets. I, in any case, am convinced that He does not play dice.
Mechanics are the Paradise of mathematical sciences, because here we come to the fruits of mathematics.[La Meccanica è il paradiso delle scienze matematiche, perchè con quella si viene al frutto matematico.]