Nicolaus Copernicus

Eratosthenes was a Greek mathematician, poet, and astronomer, but he is most famously known for being the first person to make a measurement for the size of the Earth. Over 2000 years ago, at the city of Syene, the sun’s rays fell upon a temple column casting a shadow, (1). The scientist noticed that as the sun reached midday, the shadow would not be casted since the sun was directly over the column. However, 800 kilometers to the north in the city of Alexandria, at the same moment at noon,…

the universe. Galileo did not agree after he looked at the sky with his telescope. Dejoie and Truelove also wrote, “In 1632, he published a book that stated, among other things, that the heliocentric theory of copernicus was correct(Joyce Dejoie and Elizabeth “Libby” Truelove).” Copernicus wrote a book that said the earth wasn’t the center of the universe but most people didn’t know about it until galileo wrote a book stating the same thing. He gave evidence with the new discoveries he made with…

In March of 1781, William Herschel found an irregularity while studying the stars. At first he believed it was a star, but it was moving. Then he believed it was a comet. It was an accidental discovery that due to the unknown origins of it helped lead to a greater motivation to learn as much as they could about it. Herschel, along with the help of many other scientists in his field, spent countless out hours and months studying the measurements, paths, and movements of this ‘comet’. In 1783,…

With my increased interest about space following the last essay, I choose to read the essay, “James Webb telescope will truly do what Hubble only dreamed of” by Ethan Seigal. The essay was about the capabilities of the new James Webb telescope, that is being launched in October 2018, and paying respects to the telescope Hubble as well. The author started out by listing the accomplishments made by Hubble, which was first launched in 1990, and the numerous milestones that were reached with the…

valleys.” He goes on to illustrate his further observations. In 1616, the Catholic Church placed De Revolutionibus, an argument for a heliocentric, or sun centered universe, by Nicolas Copernicus, on it’s index of banned books. Pope Paul V then summoned Galileo to Rome, there, he advised him to no longer support Copernicus and his theories, which Galileo had previously admired. Unfortunately, Galileo did not take to such advice, and upon the publication of Galileo’s Dialogue Concerning the Two…

Mauritas Cornelis Escher, also known as M. C. Escher, has been a well-known for his spectacular art of illusions. Born on June 17th, 1898 in Leeuwarden, Netherlands, his father wished for him to try to learn to become a carpenter and try other crafting skills (World of Mathematics 1). When he was out of elementary, he did not graduate from secondary school. He went to multiple schools to find his interest and when he was in the School of Architecture Ornamental Design located in Haarlem,…

One of the most well-known engineering discipline is mechanical engineering, which is, the process of designing, constructing, and use of machinery. Mechanical engineering can be date back as far as 287 – 212 BC, with the work of Archimedes’ screw, which effectively raise water in an upward direction. Mechanical engineering proportional grew in the introduction of the industrial revolution where the steam engine was made in the 18th century. In today’s time mechanical engineering, mainly…

Galileo Galilei a huge influential and known for astronomer, physicist, philosopher and mathematician. Born on February 15 1564 at Pisa,Italy. My client,Sir Galileo Galilei should be release in the jail because he just wants to support Copernicus theory and has proven that his theory to be right. Sir Galileo abundant astronomical discoveries. The famous discovery that he made is the telescope, he came up with this discovery by hearing the invention of the telescope in Holland and his…

Galileo’s Trial Galileo Galilei, one of the smartest scientists in the world to ever live. He played a major role in the Scientific Revolution, discovering a variety of things using his telescope. If Galileo seemed like a good guy, what exactly did he do to be put on trial? The historical piece analyzed for this journal is known as “Trial of Galileo Galilei”, written on May 10, 1633. The author of this piece was Giorgio de Santillana. This historical piece it believed to be a primary source.…

It has been alleged that Galileo said those memorable words when he was released after the famous trial during which he was forced to repudiate his convictions about the earth moving around the sun. The message of Eppur si muove ("And yet it moves") was very subtle and important: despite my public deny, and the Church's proclamation on the contrary, the earth does, in fact, move around the sun and not the opposite. Galileo's words have huge epistemological importance: despite the Church's values…