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    Vulcan Achievements

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    Vulcan the mysterious planet said to have messed up most scientific findings. Vulcan was a planet made up to fill the gap in unequal Scientific findings. Urbain Le Vernier, a mathematician in 1840, was very interested in the Unusual Way, Mercury orbited the sun. He decided to look into it further, and using Isaac Newton’s theory of gravitation, he was able to calculate the orbit of mercury. He then compared his results to the actual real motion of mercury and they did not add up. Yet, he…

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    Galileo Galilei The Founder of The Moons Galileo Galilei was a very interesting scientist, who made extraordinary discoveries. With telescopes, Galileo made discoveries of the planets, stars, and moons. What was his life like when he was a child, what education did he have, what were his discoveries and what is he most famous for? How many years did it take him to find his discoveries? Galileo’s life when he was young was lovely. In his family he had a brother named…

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    Galileo Galilei had an interesting life. Galileo was born in Pisa on February 15, 1564. He was the first out of six children to be born in his family and his father was, Vincenzo Galilei. Later on in life, he started his education in a nearby monastery. Then in 1581 his father sent him to the University of Pisa to study medicine and philosophy of Aristotle for 4 years. Eventually, he told himself he didn’t like studying medicine, so he decided to do mathematics. With his love of mathematics he…

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    encountered many dilemmas involving such. Galileo Galilei, an Italian philosopher is a prime example of a man who faced resistance in his act of persuasion. Considering his background, Galileo’s agenda was to argue the value of the Bible against the many discoveries of science. His pro science position, created a discrepancy amongst the people. Showing that his goals to persuade others with science seemed small compared to the Bible. In all honestly, Galileo was a man with knowledge and…

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    philosophy, Galileo Galilei is widely known as one of the key individuals of the Renaissance era’s Scientific Revolution, What many people do not know, however, is that Galileo was a victim of the Roman Inquisition. The documents of this trial, named “From the Later-Trial Documents (1632-33)”, were requested to be recorded by His Holiness Pope Urban VIII, and written mostly by the Holy Order. Galileo may have also written, or at least dictated, portions of the document such as his abjuration.…

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    well as his study on Mars and planetary motion. Although Kepler was a very brilliant man, he didn’t exactly have an easy life. Kepler was born on December 27, 1571 in Württemberg, Germany. From then on, he grew up inspired by scientists like Galileo. As a child, Kepler was poor and had no way to afford any form of higher education. Fortunately, there was a scholarship that was given out by the Duke of Württemberg…

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    Importance Of Telescope

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    famous astronomer and philosopher from Pisa, Galileo Galilei. This invention can make far objects appear closer when viewed through one end of its long pipe. It was a telescope. The telescope’s iconic value is suitable. It was earth-shaking in its day and continues to be so today. In august of 1609, four hundred years ago, there was a math professor from the University of Padua in Italy called Galileo Galilei. He changed and transformed the world…

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    Galileo Galilei once said “All truths are easy to understand once they are discovered; the point is to discover them.” Born in Pisa, Italy on February 15, 1564 Galilei was an Italian astronomer, mathematician, and physicist. Who then died on January 8, 1642. He was a man of many talents who was able to invent his own telescope. He invented his first telescope in 1609, Galileo built on the work of others to create a telescope with around 3x magnification, he later improved on this to make…

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    The Flat Earth Theory

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    In the 7th century B.C. everyone knew that the earth was flat and they had no reason to think otherwise until “great” thinkers like Pythagoras stated otherwise. Today we know that the earth is round, but, how do we really know? An everyday human being has not been to the moon, has not even been outside of the stratosphere. So how can one say for sure that the earth is a spinning ball? Starting in the 19th century people started to ask these exact questions which lead to Zetetic Astronomy or…

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    others, which were also believed to be more true than the previous ones(Bertie.ccsu.edu., n.d.) For instance, the common belief that the earth is at the center of the universe was eventually replaced by Galileo Galilei’s discovery that indeed the sun is at the center of the solar system. Galileo Galilei’s discovery was proved true due to the improved and increased knowledge and research that came to humans with time. Humans once believed previous research that Earth was…

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