accepted Ptolemaic theory to a period where Copernican theory was beginning to penetrate. Scene 1 The scene begins with Galileo taking bath and trying to explain Andrea Sarti about the proof which he has made about the Copernicus theory. He is the son of Galileo Galilei’s housekeeper‚ examines a model of the solar system as it is understood to exist‚ with the Earth at its centre. Galileo is prepared to challenge that belief: “I have made discoveries we can no longer withhold from the world.” He demonstrates
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Galileo was living in the time when the Catholic Church was the dominant power and strongly supported the theory of a geocentric‚ or Earth-centered‚ universe. As influenced by the Church‚ most people in Galileo’s time believed the cosmology of antiquity‚ which was that the Earth was the center of the universe‚ and that the Sun and planets revolved around it. Galileo was one of the most important figures in the history of science and scientific method‚ his invention of telescopes has supported his
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Jonathan Spina Debate Essay The statement for the debate was Galileo was the most important person in the scientific revolution. I do not agree with this statement. I feel that the scientific revolution was a team effort. There were plenty of people that had a hand in the scientific revolution. In this essay I will tell you about a lot of them. Some of the most important people that had a hand in the scientific revolution were people like Francis Bacon. His thoughts on logic and ethics
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For instance‚ in Galileo Galilei’s letter to the Duchess of Tuscany‚ Galileo defends his belief in the heliocentric model that was initially discovered by Nicolaus Copernicus‚ who correctly hypothesized that the sun was at the center of the universe rather than the earth‚ which is what was traditionally believed up to that point due to evidence found in the bible. In his letter‚ Galileo portrays many individualistic like qualities by refusing to accept
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“Since we cannot change reality‚ let us change the eyes which see reality” -Nikos Kazantzakis. Nicolaus Copernicus battled with the powerful church to change the minds that believed Earth is the center of the universe therefore he changed today’s reality. The heliocentric theory proposed in 1543 revolutionized the scientific world throughout Europe socially by sparking a scientific revolution and religiously by causing a major conflict between theologians and astronomers. The Idea of heliocentrism
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I wanted to do Galileo because he is one of the most significant person of Astronomy. Galileo made a huge impact in Astronomy. “You can not teach a man anything; you can only help him find it within himself.” (BrainyQuote.com) That is Galileo’s most famous quote. He has invented a lot of things for example the telescope. Galileo was born February 15‚ 1564‚ in Pisa‚ Italy. He was the oldest of six children. He had three sisters and two brothers.He was one of the most significant person in the history
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In the sixteenth and seventeenth centaury in Europe there were was a scientific triumph that led to insight and new information of astronomy. Scientist such as Copernicus‚ Kepler‚ Galileo‚ and newton questioned the scientific methods of Ptolemy and Aristotle. These scientists changed the beliefs of their followers to create a more modern way of life. In the sixteenth century‚ the beliefs of Aristotelian-Ptolemaic were accepted by society. The geocentric theory was one of many that was created
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he was awarded a scholarship in 1664. Revolution of earth: Newton studied Keplar’s law of planetary motion and concluded that the earth revolves around sun in an eclipse manner. Newton’s reflecting telescope: Telescope was discovered by Galileo. But while he was watching the stars or planets through it‚ there were fringes around the objects though they were not present. Until Newton’s discovery‚ it was followed that light consist of a single wavelength and don’t consist of other colors
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pendulum was the determining factor for the period of the swing. Introduction In 1581‚ Galileo began studying at the University of Pisa‚ where his father hoped he would study medicine. While at the University of Pisa‚ Galileo began his study of the pendulum while‚ according to legend‚ he watched a suspended lamp swing back and forth in the cathedral of Pisa. However it was not until 1602 that Galileo made his most notable discovery about the pendulum- the period (the time in which a pendulum
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the Renaissance the scientist known as Galileo made a very significant discovery about the universe using his telescope. Galileo discovered that the sun was the center of the universe and that all the other planets revolved around it. Though‚ this discovery‚ brought doubt upon Galileo’s discovery‚ as it contradicted the beliefs of the Catholic Church. The church believed that the Earth was the center of the universe and that the planets did not move. When Galileo presented this theory to the church
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