Actual Infinity in Reality?

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Well, that has certainly been the tendency since Galileo. Those that don't manage to produce a mathematical model are generally not taken seriously.

Tell that to Michael Faraday.

And that's a good point. I'm not sure I'd label his work as a 'theory' as much as an 'experimental investigation', but you do have a point.

Maxwell fixed that deficit, though.