Copernican heliocentrism

eventually influenced Galileo Galilei, who read it and wrote on the subject himself. In 1616, Galileo was issued an injunction not to “hold, defend, or teach” heliocentrism.11.) When he began writing Dialogues in 1624, he intended to present both arguments equally. However, he wrote the arbitrator in such a way that he decided the Copernican speaker had the most points that made logical…

counter reformation and he became the assistant of Tycho Brahe, an Astronomer, who later died in 1601 and Kepler was given his position. He then was forced to move around the region due to the Thirty-Years War. Kepler also defended heliocentrism and became a Copernican during this time.…

Galileo did not believe in the Copernican theory at first, however looking through his telescope he saw something that no one had seen. Through his experience with the motion of tides, he showed that Earth, indeed, was not stable but rather moving around in the cosmos. Through his knowledge and insight, Galileo proved that the Sun was the center of the Earth. Although he had proof on what he had done, the society nor the Church believed the idea of heliocentrism. As a result, his attempt to have…

One of the examples is the Copernican revolution in the 16th century attributed to Copernicus and Galilei, and Newton that changed our viewpoint on Cosmology from geocentrism into heliocentrism. In art history, Caravaggio in the 17th century, a famous artist from Milano, Italy; he tried to connect Roman Catholic and Orthodox Catholic tradition by portraying Popes…