Renaissance And Astronomy Essay

Since the beginning of time, science has never failed to alter our beliefs. From finding out that our planet is round, to sending the first person to the moon, we continue to grow a better understanding about the world around us. Many organizations such as NASA have helped to shape our perception today. But, It was years before that scientists helped to build NASA’s views and fundamental understandings of anatomy, and astronomy. The Renaissance helped to change people's views of the earth surrounding us. Before the Renaissance, scientists and doctors believed that our body was controlled by zodiacs, instead of our brain, heart, and other organs. They relied on zodiacs so greatly, that they planned many significant events around these constellations. For example, one may delay a chest surgery depending on the constellation in form. Zodiacs were the only way they could explain how our body functioned, and what regulated it. On the other hand, in the Renaissance
In those years, a Roman astronomer named Ptolemy, captured that idea and shaped it into his own, also known as The Geocentric Universe of Ptolemy. Ptolemy’s theory was soon adopted by many of the astronomers from his time. Decades later in the time of the Renaissance, Nicolaus Copernicus discovered that this is false. Through his extensive research and mathematical calculations, Copernicus came to the conclusion that in fact the Earth revolved around the sun. Today, through one of the largest space programs, NASA, we have also adopted this theory. After sending people to the moon, we have been able to see that Earth is one of many planets that revolves around the sun, not the other way around (Sun: Overview: Our Star” Bill Dunford). Copernicus’ detailed research has allowed present day scientists to gain a better understanding of our solar system, and how it works contrary to the beliefs of