Heliocentrism

You may have thought that the Scientific Revolution and The Enlightenment were the same, but there are several differences.The difference between the two is that The Enlightenment focused on the mental and physical actions and how man related to one another, while The Scientific Revolution concentrated on the physical world and how man related to it. The Scientific Revolution was in the 17th century (1543-1687). In The Scientific Revolution mathematics was key to understanding the nature of…

Tycho Brahe was born in 1546 in a Danish high nobility family, during a time in which Denmark had just transitioned from Roman Catholic to Lutheran, and had emerged as a dominant power that not only covered the area of modern Denmark, but of Norway and Iceland. Tyco was raised by his uncle Jorgen, who wanted a child so dearly that he abducted Tycho from Tycho’s parents. Born to one of the most prominent families in Denmark, Tycho’s led an early life with privilege and indulgence. He was educated…

Jack sladek Bible 10/26/2015 Mrs. Hunter William Herschel Sir William Herschel was born in November 15 1738 and died august 25 1822 but in his life he was a great man and he did great things he obsessed with the heaven and this dived him to become a German scientist and made breathes in the science and life and he was knighted because of great breathes. Sir William Hershel went in to the field of astronomy. Ever since he was a young boy he was obsessed with the heavens he wanted know what…

In the time win Galileo Galilee wanted to a Science ear. Galileo farther want Galileo to be a to study medicine to be a Dr. Galileo want to be science. Well Galileo did go to the University of Pisa to study medicine. I to make his farther happy. Galileo Galilee was born in Italy February 15,1564. Galileo died in Artery Italy on January 8,1642.Galileo was 77 years old and he was the 7 oldest children. Galileo father was a musician and wool trader. Galileo father wanted Galileo to study medicine…

It’s an honor that I successfully invited Plato, one of the Big Three of Greek philosophy, to Cemetery News for an interview. Editor: Mr. Plato, you used to firmly believe that there were two realms and forms only existed in the realm of forms. Forms were incorporeal, intangible and insensible while objects in our world, which was the material realm, were imperfect replica of those forms (Lindberg 13); forms are regular geometrical shapes like triangles (Lindberg 26). Now that you’ve read some…

Moses Maimonides, in his Guide for the Perplexed written between 1137 and 1190, concerns Aristotle’s natural philosophy and the astronomers’ conflicting truths. Around the twelfth century, most were a devoted Aristotelian, and educated people knew that stars in the celestial realm only had one motion, to revolve in a spherical motion around the centre of the universe . What Maimonides notes however, is that Aristotelian physics could not infer the existence of epicycles and eccentric circles.…

Whitney Noonan Philosophy of Revolution 2/29/2016 At the beginning of the scientific era people were not only shocked but also spiritually threatened by the new discovery that the Sun was actually in the center not the Earth. The “new philosophy” (since there was no word for “science” at the time) is the Copernican revolution. In 1610 Galileo had published the world’s first scientific bestseller, The Starry Messenger. This revolutionary work argued that the heavens are not organized the way…

Heretics 1000 Years Apart If a person is a heretic does it mean the person’s idea is indeed wrong? Galileo was ridiculed and persecuted by the church because of his observations and teaching. Later the church did come to accept his ideology but it was years after Galileo’s death. Tertullian wrote a letter on the “Proscription Of Heretics” talks about heresy and “Galileo’s Indictment and Abjuration” states the reasons why Galileo was a heretic. The documents are about 1000 years apart but the…

Brahmagupta and His Significant Discovery Brahmagupta was born in 598 in Rajasthan, India and he was an Indian astronomer that may not get all the credit he deserves. Being an orthodox Hindu, he was very interested in the Hindu yuga system that focused on the measurement of the ages of mankind. Even though he mostly devoted his time to Indian astronomy, Brahmagupta when writing his books implemented a great amount of mathematics. This was seen especially in his most famous work…

Galileo Galilei was born in Pisa, Italy on February 15, 1564. He was a gifted astronomer and physicist. Many of Galilei’s inventions resonate today, more than four-hundred years later. \This innovative man invented many things that are still used. He is the known creator of the thermometer (1606) and the telescope (1609). He also generated the concept of Venus’s phases (1610), Jupiter’s satellites (1610), Saturn’s rings (1610), and proved Copernicus’s heliocentric theory (1616). In his earlier…