Nicolaus Copernicus Nicolaus Copernicus‚ who lived from 1473 until 1543‚ is known for his idea that the sun is motionless at the center of the universe and that the earth and other planets all revolve around it. This Polish astronomer revolutionized beliefs involving the universe‚ making his thoughts controversial in his time‚ but common knowledge in our own (Westman). Before the time of Copernicus‚ people had extremely different views of the universe. A Greek astronomer named Ptolemy had his
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Galileo Galilei on Trial Galileo was born on Feb 15‚ 1564 in Pisa (Machamer). He was born when there was no such thing as ‘science’‚ yet by the time he died science was well on its way to becoming a discipline and its concepts and method a whole philosophical systems (Machamer). Galileo started to study for the priesthood‚ but left and enrolled for a medical degree (Machamer). He never completed this degree but instead studied mathematics notably with Ostilio Ricci‚ the mathematician of the Tuscan
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Nicolaus Copernicus‚ a Polish astronomer whose ideas were laughed at by people and churches at his time‚ wrote a book about the solar system that nearly got him killed. Copernicus is considered the founder of modern astronomy for proving the solar system to be heliocentric‚ or centered around the sun. Born on February 19‚ 1473‚ he still came up with the concept after another astronomer was also trying to prove this idea. Aristachus (a Greek astronomer) formulated his idea long before Copernicus; Aristachus
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Galileo Galilei Galileo was born in Pisa (then part of the Duchy of Florence)‚ Italy‚ the first of six children of Vincenzo Galilei‚ a famous lutenist‚ composer‚ and music theorist; and Giulia Ammannati. Galileo became an accomplished lutenist himself and would have learned early from his father a healthy scepticism for established authority‚[15] the value of well-measured or quantified experimentation‚ an appreciation for a periodic or musical measure of time or rhythm‚ as well as the illuminative
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Nicolaus Copernicus was a mathematician and astronomer who proposed that the sun was stationary in the center of the universe and the Earth revolved around it. Copernicus created a concept of a universe in which the distances of the planets from the sun bore a direct relationship to the size of their orbits. After the death of Copernicus‚ there were major contributors to astronomy and its advancement. Four of the major contributors are Tycho Brache‚ Johannes Keplar‚ Galileo Galilei‚
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Galileo’s Early Life Galileo Galilei was an Italian mathematician‚ astronomer‚ physicist‚ and philosopher. He was born in Pisa‚ Italy on February 15‚ 1564. He was the first of six children of Vincenzo Galilei‚ a famous composer‚ and music theorist‚ Giulia Ammannat. Because of his contributions‚ he has been called "the father of observational astronomy"‚ "the father of modern physics"‚ "the father of science"‚ and "the father of modern science". Early in life he wanted to join the Church Order‚ however
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Nicolaus Copernicus was the man whom laid out the foundation for modern astronomy. Nicolaus Copernicus was born on February nineteenth of 1477 in the christian town of Torun‚ Poland. He grew up with a great education‚ better than a lot of other people. He grew up very close to the church (metaphorically) . Sadly the “Copernicus” blood line never lived on after Nicolaus. He never had a wife to pass his DNA to make another brilliant person. Some suggest that he was depressed from isolation‚ and
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Aristotle vs. Copernicus Aristotle was a Greek philosopher and scientist‚ who shared with Plato the distinction of being the most famous of ancient philosophers. Aristotle was born at Stagira‚ in Macedonia‚ the son of a physician to the royal court. At the age of 17‚ he went to Athens to study at Plato’s Academy. He remained there for about 20 years‚ as a student and then as a teacher. When Plato died in 347 bc ‚ Aristotle moved to Assos‚ a city in Asia Minor‚ where a friend of his‚ Hermias (d
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Galileo Galilei is one of the most influential and controversial scientists of all time. Galileo was born on February 15‚ 1564 and died on January 8‚ 1642. He was born in Pisa‚ Italy. He later moved to Florence when he was a young child. As a young adult‚ he was going to become a priest‚ but later he decided to study medicine in the University of Pisa‚ but never completed his degree. He eventually studied mathematics with Ostilio Ricci and Christopher Clavius and began a correspondence with Guildobaldo
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09/25/2012 In a critical time in history in Western civilization‚ man accosted for the first time the evidence that his conceptions of truth were entirely wrong. Galileo comes alive as a larger than life genius from the pages‚ full of witticisms and blustering energy. Even his betrayal of his own science tends to be easily forgiven by the audience because he is such a genial revolutionary. Apart from the drama of science standing up to religion depicted as some sort of bully‚ I liked
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