thought and society. There are many accredited with this great revolution such as; Nicholas Copernicus‚ Sir Isaac Newton‚Galileo Galilei‚ and Johannes Kepler. Nicholas Copernicus [1473-1543] a Polish astronomer‚ mathematician‚ and church follower‚ who created the heliocentric theory. His study of the Ptolemaic system led him to replace the Earth with the Sun as the center of the universe. Copernicus hypothesized that the numerous epicycles and the equant violated the Platonic infringed on the
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Johannes Kepler was born on December 27‚ 1571 in Weil der Stadt‚ Germany to parents Heinrich and Katharina Kepler . From a very young age‚ Johannes faced countless amounts of struggles‚ most notably the death of his father at the tender age of five. In addition to this tragedy‚ Kepler had crippled hands and impaired eyesight‚ due to his bad health. Despite his physically damaged self‚ Kepler was able to thrive cognitively. He could solve any problem with numbers and questioned everything‚ the habit
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believed that religion and God created everything. The Clockwork Universe tells the fascinating stories of many of the most famous scientists during the 16th century to the beginning of the 18th century. These scientists include Hooke‚ Leibniz‚ Newton‚ Kepler‚ Pythagoras and many more. Going through this book is like going through the history of science where I could learn not only about these famous scientists who revolutionized the world‚ but I could also learn and go deeper into their characters
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false. * Kepler was Brahe’s assistant and he mathematically proved the Copernican theory using some of Brahe’s work. * Galileo supported the Copernican theory and his findings made people question the catholic doctrines. Galileo was put on house arrest for the rest of his life and this caused people to question the extent at which religion answered all questions. * Isaac newton created a theory explaining the order and design of the universe by using Kepler‚ Copernicus‚ and Galileo’s
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Scientific Revolution Preceding the Enlightenment was a “scientific revolution”. In the seventeenth century‚ a group of scientists set the Western world on a new path known as the Scientific Revolution‚ which gave Europeans a new way of viewing the universe and their place in it. In this essay I will discuss the appropriateness of this label and also some of the major figures participating in it. I will also explain how the increased understanding of the physical world that came from “revolution”
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data? The work of Brahe and Kepler‚ his assistant who succeeded him‚ proved that the Ptolemaic and Copernican systems are both inadmissible. Kepler took Brahe’s data and created three mathematical statements about the solar system. Brahe’s work led Kepler to unreveal that Earth is not at the center of the universe and that planetary orbits are not circular‚ which is called Kepler’s Law. 4. How did Galileo apply the scientific method to his study of falling objects? Galileo developed the problem/question:
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using the length stadiums as his measurement system. Considering the lack of advance technology back in his days‚ his calculation was very accurate‚ his circumference was only missing 300 kilometers of today’s accepted value (40‚075 kilometers). Copernicus was also not the first person to propose the idea that the Earth revolves around the sun‚ however his proposal was during the time of the Scientific Revolution‚ a time when people are more open-minded to new ideas and have access to tools
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Topic: Millikan Oil-Drop Experiment The Millikan Oil-Drop experiment was the first experiment to determine the charge of an electron. In 1909‚ Robert Millikan ultimately came up with a way to determine this charge through finding the minute electric charge on a droplet from an oil mist. Basically‚ Millikan started with an enclosed chamber that had two flat plates inside‚ one with a positive charge and one with a negative charge. The portion is split up by the positively charged plate so at the beginning
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Earth’s mysteries Niccolaus Copernicus (1473- 1543) Heliocentric model: sun in center‚ circular (epicycle) orbit around On the Revolution of the Heavenly Spheres: theory published 1543 Critics disagree stating it is un-christian and illogical Disagreed with their theology main leaders against it: martin luther‚ john calvin 1`If corp. correct church and bible are wrong new direction of thinking‚ this is only a theory‚ does not have mathematical tools to prove this idea Tycho Brahe (1546- 1601) Danish astronomer
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established theories that human reason could develop laws that would explain the fundamental workings of nature NEWTON: Took Descartes work and published a book using astronomy and physical observations. Newton came up natural laws‚ which would define the scientific revolution during later times because they caused the ultimate breach between religious and scientific belief. Newton defined natural laws‚ forces of gravitational pull‚ and basic scientific methods in terms of hypothesis and experiment
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