Nicolaus Copernicus

Messenger ” talking about how he discovered four of jupiters moons, lots of new stars, the phases of venus and sun spots then confirming that the sun rotates and the planets orbit around the sun and not the earth. Galileo's observations have confirmed Copernicus' model that the sun is the centre of our Solar System. Then in 1613, he published the Letters on Sunspots which identified the sunpots the…

Nicholas Copernicus came along who was an astronomer who believed in the heliocentric model, stating that the earth revolved around the sun, which was against traditional church beliefs. He said that he debated for a long time whether of not to publish his works where he wrote to prove the earth’s motionless because so many people had admired philosophers work form the past, and he didn’t want to be ridiculed and scolded for going against these philosophies. When you talk about men like…

the ancient Greeks and working through time, it became like a snowball effect, with little bumps in the mountain changing its course as new information was discovered. The first step in the revolution came in 1542, by a “Polish astronomer Nicolas Copernicus” who published a book rebutting that the center of the entire universe was not the earth, but was the sun. This was at heavy odds with a Greek astronomer, Ptolemy’s, work. This was also highly disagreeable with the church as well. They feared…

Heretics 1000 Years Apart If a person is a heretic does it mean the person’s idea is indeed wrong? Galileo was ridiculed and persecuted by the church because of his observations and teaching. Later the church did come to accept his ideology but it was years after Galileo’s death. Tertullian wrote a letter on the “Proscription Of Heretics” talks about heresy and “Galileo’s Indictment and Abjuration” states the reasons why Galileo was a heretic. The documents are about 1000 years apart but the…

Daniel Bernoulli, proclaimed to be the greatest out of all the Bernoulli in his family, made the basis for the kinetic theory of gases, applied the idea of Boyle’s law, worked on elasticity with Leonhard Euler, the development of the Euler-Bernoulli beam equation, and one of the most important Bernoulli’s Principle which is critical to aerodynamics. At the beginning of Daniel’s life he wasn’t allowed to choose what he wanted to be or be able to pursue the career he wanted, but this shaped the…

Galileo Galilei was born in Pisa, Italy on February 15, 1564. He was a gifted astronomer and physicist. Many of Galilei’s inventions resonate today, more than four-hundred years later. \This innovative man invented many things that are still used. He is the known creator of the thermometer (1606) and the telescope (1609). He also generated the concept of Venus’s phases (1610), Jupiter’s satellites (1610), Saturn’s rings (1610), and proved Copernicus’s heliocentric theory (1616). In his earlier…

Inventor of the barometer, as well as an Italian mathematician and physicist, Evangelista Torricelli was a great scientist in the times of the Renaissance. At a young age, Torricelli lost his father. He went to study with a Camaldolese monk and also his uncle, Benedetto Castelli. It was there when he was taught mathematics, mechanics, hydraulics, and astronomy. In return of all the gifts he received, Torricelli became Castelli’s assistant. Torricelli became increasingly more interested in…

Michel de Nostredame other wise known as Nostradamus was born on December the fourteenth of 1503 to parents Reyniere de St-Reny and husband Jaume de Nostradame. Nostradamus was born in Saint-Remy-de-Provence, France and had eight other brothers and sisters making him the ninth child. His parents were in the working class; his father was a grain dealer as well as a part time notary. Nostradamus is from a Jewish descent, as his grandfather Guy Gassinet converted to the Catholic faith trying to not…

Galileo Galilei was born on February 15, 1564 in Pisa, Italy. He was the son of Italian musician and musical theorist, Vincenzo Galilei, and Giulia Ammannati. Galileo was the oldest of 5 children in his family. Not only was he a mathematic professor and astronomer, but he was also a scientist. In fact, he was nicknamed “The Father of Modern Science”. In 1574, Galileo and his family moved to Florence, Italy. Here, he started going to school at Camaldolese monastery near Vallombrosa. After…

We’ve all heard of Galileo, Newton, Copernicus,but there are much more Renaissance scientists who you never get to learn about. Some you hear about, some you don’t. Tycho Brahe is unknown to most but now you can hear about his part of history. Tycho Brahe was a Danish scientist who revolutionized astronomy with his work and made groundwork for greater scientists ahead of him. Tycho was born on December 14, 1546 in Denmark under a wealthy king and queen. He was an aristocrat and learned…