Nicolaus Copernicus was a mathematician and astronomer during a time of artistic and scientific innovation called the Renaissance.
His own theory, called the heliocentric view of space, suggested that the sun is the center of the …show more content…
Nevertheless, soon after his death, astronomers like Kepner, Galileo, and Isaac Newton disproved this view of the earth at the center once and for all.
Galileo Galilei was considered the father of modern science as he made important contributions to physics, astronomy, mathematics and many other scientific areas during the Renaissance Era.
Using the telescope, Galileo discovered the mountains on the moon, the spots on the sun, and four moons of Jupiter. His discoveries provided the evidence to support the theory that the earth and other planets revolved around the sun. Supported by the Catholic Church, teaching opposite of this system was declared heresy in 1615.Galileo, however, did not agree. His research, including his observations of the phases of Venus and the fact that Jupiter boasted moons that didn't orbit Earth, supported the Copernican system, which (correctly) stated that the Earth and other planets circle the sun.
Some of hs quotes were;
"And yet it moves."
"I have never met a man so ignorant that I couldn't learn something from