Two eras that changed the course of mankind were the Renaissance and the Reformation. The Renaissance‚ an era that takes its name from the French word for "rebirth‚" began in late 14th-century Italy. It came to maturity in the 15th century‚ and spread to the rest of Europe after the middle of that century. Following the devastation of the black plague‚ it marked not only the physical recovery of the human population across Europe‚ but also an artistic‚ intellectual‚ scientific‚ and philosophical
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23 years old. Some twenty years later‚ in 1686‚ he presented his three laws of motion in the "Principia Mathematica Philosophiae Naturalis." Those discoveries are what we call today the Laws of Motion. Newton‚ who was born the same year that Galileo Galilei died‚ basically built on Galileo’s ideas to demonstrate that the laws of motion in the heavens and the laws of motion on the earth were one and the same. He basically replaced the Aristotelian ideas that dominated the thinking of the best minds
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originated from the Chaldeans and Mesopotamians at 5000 B.C. They had discovered patterns and regularities from celestial bodies‚ which sparked the interest of many scientists. Some famous scientists involved in this branch of science include Galileo Galilei‚ Nicolaus Copernicus‚ Johannes Kepler‚ etc. Such role models spend most of their lives researching on a theory or phenomenon‚ which is the basis of their lives. However‚ their research gives them great joy‚ and no matter how you see it‚ their
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The Equilibrium of Religion and Science True science discovers God waiting behind every door. ----Pope Pius XII In the common sense‚ science and religion are considered to be two things at odds‚ for they contradict each other. In the aspects of the exterior‚ it is true. Giordano Bruno was burnt alive by the Catholics for revealing scientific truth. Darwin’s theory of evolution is not taken into curriculum in half of the middle school in US because of the oppression from Catholic. However‚ in
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Clock is the best invention in the world! The history of clocks is very long. There are many different types of clocks over the years. The word ‘clock’ was first used in the 14th century. It comes from the word for bell in Latin (“clocca”). The very first timekeepers were natural clocks such as the sun‚ moon and stars. Ancient people used sticks and stones to find out the time around 3500 B.C. When it was between 3500 BCE and 1949‚ the inventors improved clocks‚ and became the clock that
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each other. It is more commonly experienced as the agent that gives weight to objects with mass and causes them to fall to the ground when dropped. The larger an object is‚ the greater the force of attraction will be. It was Italian scientist Galileo Galilei who formulated the laws of accelerated motion and free-falling objects. He found out that when an object is dropped and falls to the ground it has a falling rate of 9.8 meters per second‚ squared. Newton’s law of universal gravitation states
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Rene Descartes‚ Discourse on the Method of Rightly Conducting the Reason‚ and Seeking Truth in the Sciences‚ retrieved 14 Apr 08 from http://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/etext93/dcart10.txt Galileo Galilei‚ Letter to Grand Duchess Christina of Tuscany‚ 1615‚ retrieved 14 Apr 08 from http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/galileo-tuscany.html Judith Coffin & Robert C. Stacy‚ Western Civilizations‚ Vol. B‚ pp. 576-596‚ retrieved 14 Apr 08 from http://erepository.adfa.edu.au.ezproxy.libadfa.adfa.edu.au:2048/courseres/ZHSS1201_432787
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The Great Awakening and the Enlightenment were two historical events that shaped the thoughts of people and religion in America. The most important factor in both of these events is the common theme of reason behind the movements. The Great Awakening began about the 1930’s and reached its climax ten years later in 1740. What exactly was the Great Awakening? It was a wave of religion revivals sweeping through New England that increased conversions and church membership. The beginnings of the Great
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outraged. This goes back to the early 1600’s when Galileo Galilei was inventing and discovering. He came up with an invention‚ the telescope‚ to see into the outer limits of the earth. He spent endless nights‚ and came up with the conclusion that the moon was actually made up of craters‚ mountains‚ and jagged surfaces. He announced to the public his discovery‚ and many people‚ including scientists‚ were outragged. Galileo was put on trial for wrongful thinking. People did not
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Christianity Christianity is a religion based on the life‚ death and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth‚ also known as Jesus Christ as presented in the canonical gospels and other New Testament writings. Starting in the mid first century‚ Christianity is the most popular religion in the world accounting for a third of the world’s population with over two billion followers; the majority of which are living in America and Europe. The main contributing factor as to being a living and dynamic religion
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