Galileo affair

Archimedes was a mathematician, physicist, astronomer, engineer and inventor. Archimedes was the first big mathematician, as well as consider the best mathematician of that era. Archimedes was born in the Greek city-state of Syracuse. His father, Phidias, was an astronomer. The fact that his father was an astronomer made him motivated to do all the inventions he did. He was really close to King Hieron and his son, Gelon. He worked for them, when he lived in Alexandria. He invented the sciences…

many geniuses began to change the scientific way of thinking and challenge the old ideas. Although many had good ideas, but there were some that changed their world and had lasting effects in the modern world. One of the great scientists was Galileo Galilei, also known as "The Father of Modern Science," due to his contributions to the science of physics and astronomy. He was a mathematics professor at the University of Pisa. He supported Copernicus's theory about the sun being the center…

There is without a doubt a correlation between astronomy and the ancient Greeks. This correlation became more prominent as the curiosity of the idea of not being alone in the universe and scientifically explaining what's out there became stronger. The idea that the Greeks relied on their religion to explain the things they did not understand is a great one. It is clear and easily proven that astronomy played a huge role in the religion, even in the beginning of it. "The nocturnal character of…

In the beginnings of the creation of a model of our planetary system, Greek philosopher Aristotle stated that Earth could be found at the center of the universe, giving birth to an idea called "geocentrism" around 300 B.C. This belief consisted of planets orbiting Earth in perfectly circular paths called "epicycles". This worked for a while, but as more and more observations were done, the model started to fall apart, with a multitude of additional corrections changing the model until it was no…

famous and influential people who have shaped our world today. One of the countries who partook during this time was Italy. The nation was flourishing as everything seem to be looking successful. Shortly after the works of Lipphersey, astronomer Galileo Galilie developed his own new and improved version of the telescope. He had made it better than it has ever had been, contributing greatly towards the start of the scientific revolution. Galileo’s telescope helped him discover four new stars…

discovered knowledge and made his own improved hypotheses which he later proved through experimentation. The first of Sir Isaac Newton’s contributions to the scientific revolution was applying the laws of gravitational force discovered previously by Galileo to our solar system. Newton’s improvement of Galileo’s law of gravitational force is denoted the title of…

Robert Boyle is known as the “Father of Chemistry”, as he was a well-known philosopher, chemist, physicist, and inventor. He made many contributions to science, particularly chemistry, philosophy, and even some physics. Although he never married or had children, Boyle spent his life excelling in his field of study in chemistry; however, his other work included hydrostatics, physics, and even medicine. Boyle was born on January 25, 1627. He lived in a town called Lismore, County Waterford, in the…

Being that Copernicus already made the theory about the planets revolving around the sun, the telescope Galileo made it helped back up his theory way more. The people of the church strongly believed the geocentric universe and even after the other people of the science world tried to expose the universe for being a heliocentric world the church still wasn't agreeing with anything. But, Galileo had his own plan. He was trying his best to make people understand the universe. He published many…

The History Behind the Conflict of Flamsteed and Newtown John Flamsteed, an English astronomer, has put a huge impact on the field of science, which is still important today. Being the first astronomer of England, Flamsteed founded Greenwich Observatory and discovered over three thousand stars. In the beginning, Flamsteed was struck with a disease, crippling rheumatoid, that forced him to leave school and study astronomy on his own. Flamsteed was fascinated by the solar eclipse, which brought…

Ibn al-Haytham was born in Basra in 354 AH / 965 AD in the period were considered Islamic Golden Age, and historians disagree whether of Arab origin or Persian. Also known by the Latinization Alhazen or Alhacen. Ibn al-Haytham began to receive science, during that period he spent in Basra, where he read many of the books of the Islamic faith and scientific books. That era was booming in various sciences of mathematics and astronomy, medicine, etc., there are embarked on the study of engineering…