Heliocentrism

Between 1300’s and 1700’s was the time of the Renaissance. During this time, astronomy blew up with discoveries. There were multiple advanced astronomers; two astronomers who made an enormous influence on the Copernican theory were Galileo Galilei and Johannes Kepler. Although the Copernican theory was established by Nicolaus Copernicus, it was Kepler and Galileo who greatly impacted it. Without the help of Galileo Galilei and Johannes Kepler, the Copernican theory would not have been proven and…

Astronomy, the study of the universe, is said to be the oldest of the sciences. Ancient civilizations observed heavenly events such as the passage of days and nights and the phases of the moon. From ancient times until the Renaissance, astronomy was orientated on the most accurate description of motions of celestial bodies observed with the naked eye: stars, and mainly planets including the Sun and the Moon. One aspect of the sky which does not appear to change is the pattern of the stars.…

Scientific Revolution For centuries, great minds have examined the debate of the impact of the Reformation, Scientific Revolution and Explorers between the 16th and 18th centuries. Many events occurred such as, The Heliocentric Theory. In 1543 Copernicus came up with the theory that the sun was at the center of the universe. Later, in 1616, Galileo’s findings frightened both catholic and protestant leaders because they went against the church’s teachings and authority. All of these…

Galileo’s Contributions Galileo Galilei, an Italian astronomer, played a major role in the scientific revolution. He laid the foundation of modern physics and astronomy. Initially, he studied medicine at the University of Pisa, but lost interest. Soon after that, Galileo developed an interest in mathematics and physics and began observing our solar system. While observing the solar system, he developed his own scientific method.. He later helped develop the modern scientific method, which…

The knowledge that people had throughout the Reformation lead to conflict with the church. The Printing press, The 95 Thesis and the Heliocentric theory all had an effect on that because people were getting and gaining knowledge from these things and that lead to more conflict with the church as more people gained that knowledge. So the knowledge and new innovations that create this availability for this information to get around to people. The printing press was an invention that allowed…

Galileo struggled with censorship and religious critics for his works which conflicted significantly with medieval teachings. One argument Galileo made to demonstrate the compatibility of Copernicanism with scripture is based on the practices of medieval theologians. He argues that past theologians have interpreted Aristotelian teachings on astronomy to better align with scripture, so there should be no reason he cannot do the same. Galileo attempted to describe his viewpoint as “divinely…

Essay One Throughout the course of human history science and its’ discoveries have been constantly changing and advancing, you could even say it has been evolving. From the Ancient Greeks to modern day science and the understanding of nature it provides has grown as views have changed over time. One of the most significant changes is how scientific views changed between 1600 and 1871. Scientific views changed between 1600 and 1871 as they started to become less influenced by religion,…

Nicolaus Copernicus was an astronomer, mathematician, translator, artist, and physicist. Nicolaus Copernicus is the first astronomer to discover that earth and the other planets within the solar system all revolve around the sun. As before the discovery, astronomers believed that earth was the center of the solar system and everyone revolved around it. Therefore, based on Nicolaus Copernicus discovery, it has contributed to astronomical history Galileo Galilei was an Italian astronomer,…

As the Renaissance drew to a close, a new revolution was surfacing throughout Europe. The Scientific Revolution would change the way we look at the physical world and challenge the Ideas of the supreme power of Europe, the Catholic church. Despite this challenge, there were groups who liked and pushed the growth of the sciences. This included many protestant religions and even absolute monarchs. Overall, the Catholic church was very against the sciences. This was especially so with subjects…

During the Scientific Revolution, new discoveries in astronomy sparked the interest of scientists leading to further development to future ideas. Before the 1500s, civilization had concluded that the theory of a geocentric system, originally proposed by Claudius Ptolemy in 140 AD, was accurate. The Geocentric Theory is the belief that Earth is the center of the Universe and everything revolves around it (chuckfarlieAUS). Although in the 16th and 17th century, there was a rapid succession of new…