Nicolaus Copernicus was a mathematician, he was the first to come up with a theory of the planets that had the sun at the center. He thought that his heliocentric sun centered conception of the universe offered a more accurate explanation than did the Ptolemaic system. In his system the sun, not earth was at the center of the universe. According to Copernicus, the apparent movement of the sun around earth was caused by the rotation of earth on its axis and its journey around the sun.
Isaac Newton was a professor of mathematicians. His major work was Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy. Newton defined the three laws of motion that govern the planetary bodies continue their elliptical orbits about the sun. The laws state in mathematical …show more content…
Margret Cavendish, a philosopher, and Maria Winkelman, and astronomer helped advance science.
Cavendish wrote many of works on scientific matters including observations upon experimental philosophy. She was critical of the growing belief that humans, through science were the masters of nature. Her contribution to philosophy is widely recognized today however many intellectuals of the time did not take her work seriously.
The most famous female astronomer in Germany was Maria Winkelman. She received training in astronomy form a self-taught astronomer. When she married Gottfried Kirch, Prussia foremost astronomer she became his assistant and practiced astronomy. She made some original contributions including the discovery of a come. When her husband died she applied for an assistant astronomer at Berlin Academy. She was highly qualified, but as a woman with no university degree she was denied.
The Enlightenment was an intellectual and philosophical movement which dominated the world ideas during the 18th century. The Enlightenment included ideas centered on reason as the primary source of authority and legitimacy and came to advance ideas like liberty, progress, tolerance, constitutional government and separation of church and
Isaac Newton was a professor of mathematicians. His major work was Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy. Newton defined the three laws of motion that govern the planetary bodies continue their elliptical orbits about the sun. The laws state in mathematical …show more content…
Margret Cavendish, a philosopher, and Maria Winkelman, and astronomer helped advance science.
Cavendish wrote many of works on scientific matters including observations upon experimental philosophy. She was critical of the growing belief that humans, through science were the masters of nature. Her contribution to philosophy is widely recognized today however many intellectuals of the time did not take her work seriously.
The most famous female astronomer in Germany was Maria Winkelman. She received training in astronomy form a self-taught astronomer. When she married Gottfried Kirch, Prussia foremost astronomer she became his assistant and practiced astronomy. She made some original contributions including the discovery of a come. When her husband died she applied for an assistant astronomer at Berlin Academy. She was highly qualified, but as a woman with no university degree she was denied.
The Enlightenment was an intellectual and philosophical movement which dominated the world ideas during the 18th century. The Enlightenment included ideas centered on reason as the primary source of authority and legitimacy and came to advance ideas like liberty, progress, tolerance, constitutional government and separation of church and